The sum of 4.5 and one third a number is equal to at most 38.9. What are all the possible values of the number? How would you write an equality that could br used to soval this problem.

Answer 1

Let's call the number x. The problem states that the sum of 4.5 and one-third of the number is equal to at most 38.9. We can write this as an equation:

4.5 + (1/3)x ≤ 38.9

To solve this inequality, we can subtract 4.5 from both sides:

(1/3)x ≤ 38.9 - 4.5

Simplifying the right side:

(1/3)x ≤ 34.4

To isolate x, we need to multiply both sides of the inequality by 3:

3 * (1/3)x ≤ 3 * 34.4

Simplifying:

x ≤ 103.2

So all possible values of the number, x, are less than or equal to 103.2.