Question

Catherine has $54. She plans to spend more than $20 of the money for a painting canvas. The rest will go toward paints. Each tube of paint costs $8.50. Assume that x represents the number of tubes of paint Catherine can buy.

The inequality that best represents this scenario is
.

The number of tubes of paint Catherine can buy is
.

Answer 1

She can buy 2-3 tube

Answer 2

She is buying 4 paint tubes. 4 x 8.5 = 34. 34 - 20 = 14, which is less than 54.