Eli wants to purchase some new school supplies. He wants to buy a calculator that costs $24 and some notebooks for school. Each notebook costs $2. Eli only has $37 to spend.

Question

Let n represent the number of notebooks that Eli buys.

Which inequality describes this scenario?

(1 point)
Responses

2n+24>37
2 n plus 24 is greater than 37

24n+2≤37
24 n plus 2 is less than or equal to 37

2n+24≤37
2 n plus 24 is less than or equal to 37

37≤2n+24
37 is less than or equal to 2 n plus 24

37n<2n+24

Answer 1

To solve the problem, we need to determine the total cost Eli will incur when he buys notebooks and a calculator, and then set up an inequality based on his budget.

• The cost of the calculator is $24.
• Each notebook costs $2, so if Eli buys \( n \) notebooks, the cost of the notebooks is \( 2n \).
• Eli's total spending would then be \( 2n + 24 \).

Since Eli only has $37 to spend, we need to ensure that his total spending is less than or equal to that amount. This gives us the inequality:

\[ 2n + 24 \leq 37 \]

Therefore, the correct response from the options given is:

2n + 24 ≤ 37
(2 n plus 24 is less than or equal to 37)