Tim can spend at most $36 for cupcakes. If each cupcake costs $3, write and solve an inequality to show the maximum number of cupcakes Tim can buy.

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Mor Sagmon · Answer 1 · 2024-07-08T08:27:20+0000

Tim can buy a maximum of 12 cupcakes.

To find the maximum number of cupcakes Tim can buy, we can set up an inequality.

Let's assume Tim can buy x cupcakes. If each cupcake costs $3, then the total cost of the cupcakes will be 3x dollars.

Since Tim can spend at most $36, we can write the inequality 3x ≤ 36.

To solve this inequality, we divide both sides by 3: x ≤ 12.

Therefore, the maximum number of cupcakes Tim can buy is 12.