Question

Carmen buys candy that costs $5 per pound. She will spend less than $35 on candy. What are the possible numbers of pounds she will buy?

Use p for the number of pounds Carmen will buy.
Write your answer as an inequality solved for p.

Answer 1

The possible numbers of pounds she will buy is less than 7

Solution:

Given that,

Carmen buys candy that costs $5 per pound

She will spend less than $35 on candy

Let p be the number of pounds.

Then, cost for "p" candies is: $5 \times p = 5p$

Therefore, cost of p candy is $5p

She will spend less than $35 on candy

Therefore,

$5p<35$

Solve the inequality

$p < \frac{35}{5}\\\\p < 7$

The possible numbers of pounds she will buy is less than 7