Question

Marisol is preparing a care package to send to her brother. The package will include a board game that weighs 4 pounds and several snack packs that each weigh ½ lb. The total weight of the care package must be less than 25 pounds.

(a) Write an inequality to model the situation. Use x to stand for the number of snack packs she includes.
(b) Solve the inequality to find the maximum number of snack packs Marisol can include in the package.
(c) What is the maximum number of snack packs Marisol can include in the package? Give your answer in the form of a sentence.

Answer 1

1/2x+4<25; she can send, at most, 42 snack packs;The most amount of snack packs she can send is 42 snack packs.