Jim is having a Halloween party for 60 children. He will give each child at least one candy bar. If each bag of candy contains 12 candy bars, which inequality gives the minimum number of bags, b, Jim will need to buy? A) b ≤ 6 B) b ≤ 5 C) b ≥ 5 D) b ≥ 6

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Fernando Palmer

8 April, 13:54

Jim is having a Halloween party for 60 children. He will give each child at least one candy bar. If each bag of candy contains 12 candy bars, which inequality gives the minimum number of bags, b, Jim will need to buy? A) b ≤ 6 B) b ≤ 5 C) b ≥ 5 D) b ≥ 6

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Sidney Donaldson · Answer 1

60 divided by 12 is 5, so you can eliminate A and D. The answer is C because you must buys more to be sure that you can give each child at least one candy bar.