Q:

Jason is buying hamburgers and hot dogs for a barbecue. One package of hamburgers costs $10. One package of hotdogs costs $5. He has $60 to spend, and must buy AT LEAST 3 packages of hot dogs. What 2 inequalities can be used?

Accepted Solution

A:
let hotdogs be d and hamburgers be b

he needs AT LEAST 3 packages of hotdogs
so
[tex]d \geqslant 3[/tex]
each packet costs $5 so he must spend $15 in total on hotdogs
so he can spend NO MORE than $45 on hamburgers so can buy no more than 4 packs of hamburgers
so
[tex]b \leqslant 4[/tex]