Anika wants to determine the maximum number of tulip bulbs (t) she can purchase if each bulb costs $3.25. She will also need to purchase separate pots for each bulb at $2.50 each
and a bag of potting soil for $15.00. Set up an inequality to determine how many tulip
bulbs Anika can purchase without spending more than $25.00, and solve it. Can Anika buy
exactly enough bulbs and pots to spend the full $25.00? Can you think of a better
inequality to describe the answer? Complete the explanation.
The inequality to determine how many tulip bulbs Anika can purchase without spending
more than $25.00 is
Round to 4 decimal places. The solution to the inequality is
You cannot buy partial bulbs and pots, so Anika cannot spend the full $25.00. A
better answer is
, where t is a whole number.