Harper has $15.00 to spend at the grocery store. She is going to buy bags of fruit that cost $4.75 each and one box of crackers that cost $3.50. Right and solve an inequality that models this situation and could be used to determine the maximum number of bags of fruit, b, Harpar can buy.

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Jamal

27 November, 08:15

Harper has $15.00 to spend at the grocery store. She is going to buy bags of fruit that cost $4.75 each and one box of crackers that cost $3.50. Right and solve an inequality that models this situation and could be used to determine the maximum number of bags of fruit, b, Harpar can buy.

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Gustavo Kent · Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x represent the maximum number of bags of fruit that Harper can buy.

She is going to buy bags of fruit that cost $4.75 each and one box of crackers that cost $3.50. This means that the total cost of x bags of fruit and one box of crackers would be

4.75x + 3.5

If Harper has $15.00 to spend at the grocery store, it means that

4.75x + 3.5 = 15

4.75x = 15 - 3.5 = 11.5

x = 11.5/4.75

x = 2.42

Therefore, the maximum number of bags of fruit that Harper can buy is 2 because the number of bags must be whole numbers.