Question

How do I solve this problem Lucy plans to spend between 50$ and 65$, inclusive, on packages of breads of charms. If she buys 5 packages of breads at $4.95 each, how many packages of charms at $6.55 can Lucy buy while staying within her budget?

Answer 1

so she can buy 6 packages of charms

Explanation

Step 1

Let

x= money Lucy spends

Lucy plans to spend between 50$ and 65$, replacing we have

$50she buys 5 packages of bread at 4.95

Step 2

find the money spent for buying 5 packages of bread

[tex]\begin{gathered} \text{cost}=\text{ 5 mu}ltipliedby4.95 \\ \text{cost}=5\cdot4.95=24.75 \\ \end{gathered}$

Step 3

after, that she will have spent 24.75, the maximum budget is 65

then , she has

$\begin{gathered} \text{balance}=65-24.75 \\ \text{balance}=40.25 \end{gathered}$

Step 4

to find how many packages of charms at $6.55 she can buy,, just divide

$\begin{gathered} \text{total of packages of charm= }\frac{40.25\text{ usd}}{6.55\frac{usd}{\text{pack}}} \\ \text{total of packages of charm=6.14 } \\ \end{gathered}$

she can not buy 0.14 package, so she can buy 6 packages of charms