Question

Nick has $7.00. Bagels cost $0.75 each, and a small container of cream cheese costs $1.29. Write an inequality to find the numbers of bagels Nick can buy. Identify what your variable represents

Answer 1

Since the question only asks for bagels, put the cream-cheese idea aside.
The total spent has to be less than $7 so an equation can be this: $0.75x<$7 where x is the number of bagels