Question

A pack of paper costs $3.79, including tax. Mr. Valentino wants to purchase packs of paper for his class and has a $15 budget. Write and solve an inequality to solve for the number of packs of paper Mr. Valentino can purchase,

Answer 1

Explanation

Let the unknown pack of books x. Therefore;

$3.79x\leq15$

Hence;

$\begin{gathered} 3.79x\leq15 \\ x\leq\frac{15}{3.79} \\ x\le\:3.95778 \end{gathered}$

Answer: Mr Valentino can buy approximately 3 packs