Question

kenji is baking a loaf of bread and 6 bagels. he has 21 teaspoons of sesame seeds. he uses 9 teaspoons of sesame seeds on the loaf of bread. he wants to know how many teaspoons of sesame seeds he can use on each bagel.
let $x$ be the number of teaspoons of sesame seeds on each bagel.
write an inequality to represent the situation.

Explanation:

Step1: Define total seed usage

Total seeds = Bread seeds + Bagel seeds. Bread uses 9, 6 bagels use $6x$.

Step2: Set inequality for total limit

Total seeds cannot exceed 21.
$9 + 6x \leq 21$

Answer:

$9 + 6x \leq 21$