Ling can spend no more than $120 at the summer

Brennen Fisher

Brennen Fisher

Answered question

2022-05-23

Ling can spend no more than $120 at the summer sale of a department store. She wants to buy shirts on sale for $15 each. How do you write and solve an inequality to determine the number of shirts she can buy?

Answer & Explanation

asafand2c

asafand2c

Beginner2022-05-24Added 11 answers

Step 1
Let's split this word problem up.
"no more" refers to the number or less than that, or .
So whatever Ling buys has to be 120
She wants to buy an UNKNOWN number of shirts for $15 each.
So we set that UNKNOWN value to x, and form an inequality:
15 x 120
To solve for x, we divide both sides by 15
15 x 15 120 15
Therefore,
x 8
She can buy at most 8 shirts.

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