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.
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
The correct inequality that describes this scenario is:
A. 37≥2n+24
To solve this, let's break down the scenario step-by-step:
1. The cost of the calculator is $24.
2. The cost of each notebook is $2.
3. The student wants to buy some notebooks and the number of notebooks is represented by 'n'.
4. The student only has $37 to spend.
The total cost of the notebooks can be calculated by multiplying the cost of each notebook ($2) by the number of notebooks (n): 2n.
Adding the cost of the calculator to the total cost of the notebooks, we get the total cost of all the items the student wants to buy: 2n + 24.
Since the student only has $37 to spend, we can set up an inequality to express this scenario:
2n + 24 ≤ 37
Thus, the correct inequality that describes this scenario is:
A. 37 ≥ 2n + 24