Question

Suppose that the price of cracker jacks is 50 cents a box and the price of m&ms is 25 cents a bag. if you have $10 to spend on both goods, the maximum quantity of cracker jacks that you can purchase is _______ boxes.

Answer 1

The correct answer is 20 boxes of Cracker Jacks.

If you have $10 and the cost of the Cracker Jacks is 50 cents per box, then the maximum quantity that you can purchase is 20 boxes. This is calculated by dividing $10 by 50 cents, which equals 20.