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Solving a Real-World Inequality
Rachel, Adam, Michelle, Hannah, and James are going to the movies. They have $65 to spend on tickets and snacks. Each movie ticket costs $9.50, and each snack item costs $4.50. How many snacks can they buy to split among them?

This problem is modeled by the inequality 5(9.5) + 4.5x ≤ 65, which is equal to 47.5 + 4.5x ≤ 65.

The first step in solving the inequality is to
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The second step is to
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The five friends will have to split
snacks.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
The first step in solving the inequality is to subtract 47.5 from both sides.
The second step is to divide both sides by 4.5.
Solving: 4.5x ≤ 65 − 47.5 = 17.5, so x ≤ 17.5/4.5 = 35/9 ≈ 3.888… Therefore the five friends can buy at most 3 snacks.