You said is taking a nap on an airplane. He knows that to avoid extra fees, his suitcase that way under 50 pounds the suitcase with his clothes weighs 35 pounds he has room so he decides to pack some books for his trip. Also each boat 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 B equals the number of books to help figure this out solve his inequality. Use the letter B as your variable and write your B term first.
The inequality can be written as:
1.2B + 35 < 50
To solve for B, we need to isolate it on one side of the inequality.
First, we can subtract 35 from both sides to get:
1.2B < 50 - 35
1.2B < 15
Next, we divide both sides of the inequality by 1.2 to find the value of B:
B < 15 / 1.2
B < 12.5
Therefore, he can bring a maximum of 12 books on the trip.