. Computer You are planning on a buying a computer, but you don’t want to spend over $1000 on the computer.

Question

. Computer You are planning on a buying a computer, but you don’t want to spend over $1000 on the computer. You have a coupon for $50 off the purchase of any item at the store you want to buy the computer from.

a. If the sales tax is 6%, write an expression for the amount of tax on the price p of a computer in dollars after the coupon is applied.

b. Write and solve an inequality that gives the possible amounts you are willing to pay for the computer.

Answer 1

(a) 0.06(p - 50)

(b) (p - 50) + 0.06(p - 50) ≤ 1000