Question

Arleen got a \(20 gift card for the coffee shop. Her favorite iced drink costs \)3.79. What is the maximum number of drinks she can buy with the gift card ?

Short answer

Arleen can buy about 5 drinks with the gift card.

Step-by-step solution

Given information

The amount of gift card is $\$20$and the amount of one drink is $3.79.

Suppose the total number of drinks.

Let the total number of drinks be $x$.

The total cost of drinks $\$3.79$times $x$is less than equal to $\$20$.

$$\begin{gathered} 3.79x\le 20 \\ x\le 5.27 \end{gathered}$$

Round off the number to its nearest integer:

$x\le 5$

Therefore, total number of drinks Arleen can buy about$5$.