Question

Harry recently had a birthday. He was given $150 dollars from his parents and $75 from his grandparents. Harry wants to purchase movie tickets and video games with is money. Movie tickets cost $11 each and video games cost $45 each. Write an inequality that represents this situation. Let x represent the number of movie tickets and let y represent the number of video games.

Answer 1

225 ≥ 11x + 45y

Explanation:

150 + 75 = 225, so $225 is what Harry has to work with.

Harry can't spend more than $225, hence the "more than or equal to" sign.

"x" represents the number of movie tickets, which cost $11 each. "y" represents the number of video games, which are $45 each.

You must combine these terms to equal a number less than or equal to 225.

Answer 2

11x + 45y ≤ 225

Explanation:

So he has 150 + 75 = 225. you then would do

11x + 45y ≤ 225