Nick has $7.00 bagels cost $0.75 each and a small container of cream cheese costs $1.29 write an inquality to find the numbers of bagels nick can buy identify what your variable represents

So he has 7.00
if we assume that he wants to buy more than 1 bagle and 1 container of cream cheese, then read explanation A, if he wants to buy more than 1 bagle, but only 1 container of cream cheese, then read explanation B


b=# of bagles he can buy
c=# of containers of cream cheese he can buy
cost of bagles=# of bagles times cost per bagle=0.75 times b
cost of creem cheese=# of cream cheese contaners times cost per container=1.29 times c
so total cost=7.00 (if he wants to max it out)
7.00=0.75b+1.29c


if he wants to buy only 1 container of cream cheese then we just find how much bagles he wants to buy
b=# of bagles bought
cost of bagles total=b times 0.75 or 0.75b
total cost=cost of bagles+cost of cream cheese
7.00=0.75b+1.29
subtract 1.29 from both sides
5.71=0.75b
divide both sides by 0.75
7.6=b
he can't buy a fraction of a bagle so round down
7=b
he bouth 7 bagles

The first digit is in the middle school 100s place