Question

STEVE HAS A BUDGET OF 45.00 TO SPEND ON DECORATION FOR A PARTY HE BOUGHT 5 PACKAGES OF STREAMERS FOR 1.59 EACH HE ALSO WANTS TO BUY BALLOONS THAT COST 3.29 PER PACKAGE WRITE AN INEQULITY TO MODEL THE STIUATION USE THE VARIABLE N TO REPRESENT PACKAGES OF BALLOONS THEN SOLVE

Answer 1

Explanation:

Inequality: 1.59(5) + 3.29n ≤ 45.00

Explanation: 1.59(5) represents the total cost of the streamers, and 3.29n represents the total cost of the balloons (since we don't know how many packages of balloons Steve will buy, we use the variable n to represent this unknown quantity). The sum of these costs must be less than or equal to Steve's budget of $45.00.

To solve for n:

1.59(5) + 3.29n ≤ 45.00

7.95 + 3.29n ≤ 45.00

3.29n ≤ 37.05

n ≤ 11.27 (rounded to two decimal places)

So Steve can buy a maximum of 11 packages of balloons within his budget.