Kate is buying 12-packs of bottled water. She has storage space for 65 bottles. She plans to take 11 of them with her on a camping trip this weekend, and will store the rest. What is the greatest number of 12-packs she should buy? Explain how to solve the problem using an inequality.
if Kate has 65 bottles to store, you would just add up 12 continuously till you reach 65 or go below 65, so 12+12=24 24+12=36 36+12= 48 48+12 = 68 so therefore she'd need to store atleast 48 bottles of water.
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Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
sample response : Let the variable x be the number of packs purchased, and 12x = total number of water bottles. Since 11 are removed, 12x - 11 is the total she needs to store. So, 12x - 11 must be less than or equal to 65. Solving this, you get x is less than or equal to 6 1/3. This means Kate should buy a maximum of 6 12-packs, since she cannot buy part of a 12-pack.