Question

A household buys cartons of eggs at dollars each and and pounds of cheese at dollars each. The household budget for these two items is a total of dollars.

Part B
What is the maximum amount of cartons of eggs you can buy if they cost $3.00 each and you also buy 2 pounds of cheese at $4.99/pound with a household budget
for these two items of $22.50? (SHOW YOUR WORK)

Answer 1

4 cartons

Explanation:

Data:

Price of cartons of eggs: $3 each

Quantity of cartons of eggs: y

Price of cheese: $4.99 per pound

Quantity of cheese: 2 pounds

Total budget: $22.50

(price of cartons of eggs x quantity of cartons of eggs) + (price of cheese x quantity of cheese) = $22.5

3y + (4.99 x 2) = 22.5

3y + 9.98 = 22.5

3y = 12.52

y = 12.52/3

y = 4.173 rounded off to 4

Therefore, the maximum amount of cartons of eggs you can buy is 4.