Question

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.

Let n represent the number of notebooks that Eli buys.

Which inequality describes this scenario?

(1 point)
Responses

24n+2≤37

24 n plus 2 is less than or equal to 37

37n<2n+24

37n<2n+24


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

2n+24>37

Answer 1

Total cost = 24 (calculator) + 2n (notebooks) and it must be at most 37. So

2n + 24 ≤ 37.

(Thus n ≤ 6.5, so he can buy at most 6 notebooks.)