You, Seth is taking a trip on an airplane. He knows that to avoid extra fees. His suitcase must weigh under 50 pounds. The suitcase with his clothes weighs 35 pounds he has room so he decides to pack some books for his trip to each book weighs on average 1.2 pounds how many books could he bring on the trip? He writes the inequality 1.2 B +35 is less than 50 where B equals the number of books to help figure this out solve his inequality. Use the letter B as you're variable and write your B term first.

Question

You, Seth is taking a trip on an airplane. He knows that to avoid extra fees. His suitcase must weigh under 50 pounds. The suitcase with his clothes weighs 35 pounds he has room so he decides to pack some books for his trip to each book weighs on average 1.2 pounds how many books could he bring on the trip? He writes the inequality 1.2 B +35 is less than 50 where B equals the number of books to help figure this out solve his inequality. Use the letter B as you're variable and write your B term first.

Answer 1

The inequality is written as:

1.2B + 35 < 50

To solve for B, let's isolate 1.2B on one side of the inequality.
1.2B < 50 - 35
1.2B < 15

Now, divide both sides of the inequality by 1.2 to solve for B:
B < 15 / 1.2

Simplifying the right side:
B < 12.5

Therefore, Seth can bring a maximum of 12 books on the trip.