Jerrica is packing a box that can hold at most 65 pounds. She starts by putting a container in the box that weighs 26 pounds. She plans to fill the rest of the box with books. Each book she places in the box weighs 1.3 pounds. Write an inequality for the number of books Jerrica can put in the box, and describe the solutions. (2 points)
Your right just the 1.3x is supposed to go in the first blank spot 26 in the second spot and 65 is already in the right spot
Let x be the number of books Jerrica can put in the box.
Each book weighs 1.3 pounds.
The container weighs 26 pounds.
The total weight of the books is 1.3x pounds.
The total weight of the container and books is 26 + 1.3x pounds.
Since the box can hold at most 65 pounds, the inequality is:
26 + 1.3x ≤ 65
The solution for x must be a whole number because Jerrica cannot have a fraction of a book.