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 inequality that could be used to solve this problem?

Answer 1

Let's represent the number as "x".

According to the problem, the sum of 4.5 and one-third of the number is equal to at most 38.9. Mathematically, this can be written as:

4.5 + (1/3)x ≤ 38.9

To solve this inequality, we can simplify it by subtracting 4.5 from both sides:

(1/3)x ≤ 34.4

Finally, we can multiply both sides by 3 to isolate x:

x ≤ 103.2

So, all the possible values for the number "x" are any value less than or equal to 103.2.