You have $60.00 in your wallet and want to buy some new CDs. If the CDs are $11.00 each, What number of CDs, x, can you buy? Write and solve an inequality. Then explain you answer.

Question

Please help me I have no Idea :/

Answer 1

11x <= 60
x<=60/11
since fractional CDs are not very useful
x <= 5
I can buy 1,2,3,4 or 5 but not 6

Answer 2

So I have to divide 11 by 60?

Answer 3

I got 5.4545455455

Answer 4

yes, but what are you going to use 0.454545....
of a CD for?

Answer 5

Nothing, so Do I round it to just 5?

and what is a inequality??????

Answer 6

I told you above
you can buy 1,2,3,4 or 5 but not 6
any positive whole number less than or equal to 5

Answer 7

equality wold be x = 5
inequality would be x < or = 5
which we write x </= 5
<5 means less than