Question

Anthony can eat upto 5 apples a day. Express this statement using an inequality.

• A. $x=5,$ where $x$ is the number of apples
• B. $x<5,$ where $x$ is the number of apples
• C. $x\ge 5,$ where $x$ is the number of apples
• D. $x\le 5,$ where $x$ is the number of apples

Answer 1

The correct option is D $x\le 5,$ where $x$ is the number of apples

Let's represent the number of apples by the variable $x.$

It is given that Anthony can eat up to 5 apples a day, so, number of apples that Anthony can eat is less than or equal to 5.

So, this can be represented by $x\le 5.$

Therefore, the condition is represented as $x\le 5,$ where $x$ is the number of apples.

Hence, (d.) is the correct choice.