Latrell is packing boxes that can contain two types of items. Board games weigh 3 pounds and remote controlled cars weigh 1.5 pounds. The box can hold no more than 25 pounds.

Question

Let x represent the number of board games. Let y represent the number of remote controlled cars.



Enter an inequality that represents the situation.

Answer 1

To express the situation with an inequality, we need to take into account the weights of the items and the maximum weight capacity of the box.

Given:

• Each board game weighs 3 pounds, so the total weight of \( x \) board games is \( 3x \) pounds.
• Each remote controlled car weighs 1.5 pounds, so the total weight of \( y \) remote controlled cars is \( 1.5y \) pounds.
• The box can hold no more than 25 pounds.

We can combine these expressions to form an inequality:

\[ 3x + 1.5y \leq 25 \]

So the inequality \( 3x + 1.5y \leq 25 \) represents the situation of packing board games and remote controlled cars in the box.