Question

David buys candy that costs $7 per pound. He will buy at most 10 pounds of candy. What are the possible amounts he will spend on candy?Use c for the amount (in dollars) David will spend on candy.Write your answer as an inequality solved for c.

Answer 1

Given,

David buys candy that costs $7 per pound.

He will buy at most 10 pounds of candy.

Reuired

The possible amounts he will spend on candy.

Consider,

c is the amount (in dollars) David will spend on candy.

The expression of inequality is,

$\begin{gathered} c\leq10\times7 \\ c\leq70 \end{gathered}$

Hence, the possible amounts he will spend on candy is less