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Solving a Real-World Problem
Monica has $20. She needs to buy a gallon of milk that costs $2.50. She also wants to buy yogurt, which costs $1.20 a cup. What is the greatest number of cups of yogurt Monica can buy?

Use the inequality 1.20x + 2.5 ≤ 20 to solve the problem.

Monica can buy
cups of yogurt.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
1.20x + 2.5 ≤ 20
1.20x ≤ 17.5
x ≤ 17.5 ÷ 1.20 = 14.5833...

Since x must be a whole number of cups, the greatest number she can buy is 14.

Monica can buy 14 cups of yogurt.