Monica has $20. She needs to buy a gallon of milk that costs $2.50. She also wants to buy yogurt, which costs $1.20 a cup. What is the greatest number of cups of yogurt Monica can buy? Use the inequality 1.20x + 2.5 ≤ 20 to solve the problem. The answer is 14

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Reginald Thornton

20 June, 07:01

Monica has $20. She needs to buy a gallon of milk that costs $2.50. She also wants to buy yogurt, which costs $1.20 a cup. What is the greatest number of cups of yogurt Monica can buy? Use the inequality 1.20x + 2.5 ≤ 20 to solve the problem. The answer is 14

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Philip · Answer 1

We are given : Cost of a gallon of milk = $2.50.

Cost of a cup of yogurt = $1.20.

Total money Monica has = $20.

Number of cups of yogurt Monica can buy = x.

And inequality made is also correct

1.20x + 2.5 ≤ 20.

Now, we need to solve it for x.

Subtracting 2.5 from both sides, we get

1.20x + 2.5 - 2.5 ≤ 20 - 2.5.

1.20x ≤ 17.5

Dividing both sides by 1.20, we get

1.20x/1.20 ≤ 17.5/1.20.

x ≤ 14.5833 ...

Because it's less than 15, so final answer is : 14 is greatest number of cups of yogurt Monica can buy.

Holder · Answer 2

14 is the answer on Edgen.

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