Tiffany S.

asked • 07/23/17

You have $80. Jeans cost $29 and shirts cost $12. Mom told you to buy one pair of jeans and use the rest of the money to buy shirts .

I have to write an inequality to find how many shirts I can buy 

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Carol H. answered • 07/23/17

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Let x = the cost of one shirt
12x + 29 ≤ 80
        12x ≤ 51
            x ≤ 4.25 shirts
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Andrew M.

Since we can't purchase .25 shirts,
the total purchase is 1 pair of jeans
and 4 shirts.
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07/23/17

Carol H.

I left it as an inequality because that's what the directions stated.
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07/23/17

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