A student 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. The student only has $37 to spend.

Question

Let n represent the number of notebooks that he buys.

Which inequality describes this scenario?

A. 37≥2n+24

B. 37<2n+24

C. 37>2n+24

D. 24n+2≥37

Answer 1

The correct inequality that describes this scenario is:

A. 37≥2n+24