the cost of a gallon of orange juice is $3.50 what is the maximum number of contained you can buy for $15

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mumsy mumsy · Answer 1 · 2016-02-22T03:51:33+01:00

If a gallon of orange juice is 3.50 you can buy
15÷ 3.50= 4.28 gallons
The max number is 4

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FelisFelis FelisFelis · Answer 2 · 2019-10-15T07:42:22+02:00

Answer:

The maximum number of container is 4.

Step-by-step explanation:

Consider the provided information.

The cost of a gallon of orange juice is $3.50 what is the maximum number of contained you can buy for $15.

Let the number of container is x.

The cost of each gallon is $3.50.

So for x gallons you need to pay $3.50x

But the maximum money you can spend is $15.

Thus the required inequality is:

[tex]3.5x\leq 15[/tex]

Now solve the inequality as shown.

Divide both the sides by 3.5

[tex]x\leq \frac{15}{3.5}[/tex]

[tex]x\leq 4.286[/tex]

Hence the maximum number of container is 4.