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During your class field trip, the teacher plans to stop at a local restaurant and has up to $180 to spend. Which inequality describes the most number of Combo B meals she can purchase?

1 answer

To create an inequality that describes the maximum number of Combo B meals the teacher can purchase within a budget of $180, we need to know the cost of one Combo B meal. Let's denote the cost of a Combo B meal as \( p \) (in dollars) and the number of Combo B meals purchased as \( x \).

The inequality representing the situation will be:

\[ p \cdot x \leq 180 \]

Where:

  • \( p \) is the price of one Combo B meal,
  • \( x \) is the number of Combo B meals she can buy,
  • \( 180 \) is the total budget.

Rearranging the inequality to express it in terms of \( x \), we get:

\[ x \leq \frac{180}{p} \]

To summarize, the inequality which describes the maximum number of Combo B meals the teacher can purchase, given the price \( p \) of each meal, is:

\[ x \leq \frac{180}{p} \]

Make sure to substitute the actual price of Combo B meals into the inequality to get a numerical answer.