Let's start by translating the given information into algebraic symbols and operations. There are three key pieces of information we will use to find our solution.
$12
five fish
price per fish
Our fish budget is $12. This means that we can spend no more than $12 on fish. We can express this with the inequality symbol ≤.
...≤...
The amount we spend on fish must be no more than $12.
amount spent on fish≤ 12
We are also given that we will buy 5 fish. If we call the price per fish p and multiply this number by the number of fish we will buy, we can form an expression for the total amount spent on fish. The inequality can now be written as follows.
5p≤ 12
To find the number of fish we can buy, we will solve the inequality by isolating the variable.
