Patty wants to use at most 6 gallons of paint to cover her house and garage. The house takes 5 times as much paint as the garage. Which inequalit best represents the situation if g represents the amount of paint that can be used on the garage
A. g+5g ≤ 6
B. 5g ≥ 6
C. g+5g>6
D. g+5+g≤6
A?
Correct.
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To find the answer, let's break down the problem and figure out how to represent it in an inequality.
We are given that Patty wants to use at most 6 gallons of paint to cover both the house and the garage. Let's assume Patty uses 'g' gallons of paint on the garage.
Next, we are also given that the house takes 5 times as much paint as the garage. This means the amount of paint used on the house can be represented as 5g.
Since Patty wants to use at most 6 gallons of paint, we can create the inequality by adding the amount of paint used on the garage (g) and the amount of paint used on the house (5g), and setting it less than or equal to 6.
Thus, the inequality that best represents the situation is:
g + 5g ≤ 6
Therefore, the correct answer is A.