Tatiana wants to give friendship bracelets to her 32 classmates. She already has 5 bracelets, and she can buy more bracelets in packages of 4. Let ppp represent the number of packages. Write an inequality to determine the number of packages Tatiana needs to buy. What is the minimum whole number of packages Tatiana needs to buy? packages
Accepted Solution
A:
5+4b≥32 7 Packages of bracelets.
Solve It 5+4b≥32 subtract 5 from both sides 4b≥27 divide 4 on both sides b≥6.75
Since you can't buy a half packet you round up to 7