Question

Haddon’s favorite clothing store is having a sale. Shirts are 25% off and pants are 15% off. Haddon has $90 to spend on clothes. If shirts were originally priced at $15.98 and pants were originally priced at $25.59, which can he afford to buy? Select two answers.

A.
1 shirt and 4 pairs of pants

B.
2 shirts and 3 pairs of pants

C.
3 shirts and 2 pairs of pants

D.
6 shirts and 1 pair of pants

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Answer 1

I know that one of the answers would be C for sure. But it asks for 2 answers so id say C and maybe D.

Answer 2

B

Explanation:

So first we need to know how much each shirt and pair of pants cost right now:

.25(15.98) = 3.995

15.98-3.995 = 11.99 = cost of 1 shirt

.15(25.59) = 3.84

25.59-3.84 = 21.75 - cost of 1 pair of paints

Now we can make this formula:

11.99(x)+21.75(y)
`\geq` $90

x being shirts while y being pants

To plug in variables to get one less than $90

I'll cut it short and start with the correct one:

x = 2 and y = 3

11.99(2) + 21.75(3)
`\geq` $90

23.90 + 65.25
`\geq` $90

89.15
`\geq` $90

Therefore, B is the correct answer