Francis has five more dollars than Julia. Together they have at most $45. Let x represent the amount of money Francis has. Which inequality can be used to find the possible amounts of money that Francis has?

A)

x - 5 ≤ 45

B)

2x - 5 ≤ 45

C)

2x - 5 ≥ 45

D)

2x + 5 ≤ 45

We know that Julia has some dollars, but not how many. As this is an unknown amount, we put a letter there instead of the exact number. Let's call this amount x.

Francis has five dollars more than Julia. As Julia's amount is called x, Francis' amount is x+5

We also know that Francis and Julia together have at most 45 dollars. This gives us:

x + (x+5) ≤ 45

The solution is then:

D) 2x+5 ≤ 45