Question

Sam makes tote bags for a school fundraiser. The fixed costs for making the bags is $30. The cost of the materials for each bag is $8.50. Sam can spend less than a total of $200 on the tote bags. Write an inequality that can be used to determine b , the number of tote bags that can be made.

Answer 1

The inequality that can be used to determine b, the number of tote bags that can be made is:

8.50b + 30 ≤ 200

where b is the number of tote bags that can be made, 8.50 is the cost of materials for each bag, 30 is the fixed cost, and 200 is the maximum allowable spending on the tote bags.