Question

Gregory has at most $550 to spend to go on a shopping spree. He has to pay a total of $26 for transportation. If he can shop at 4 stores, which inequality represents the amount of money, m, he can spend in each store?

a. m > 131
b. m ≥ 131
c. m ≤ 131
d. m < 131

Answer 1

Subtract transportation from the total amount he has:

550 - 26 = 524 ( amount he can spend)

Divide that by the number of stores:

524 / 4 = 131

So he can spend up to 131 in each store.

This means m needs to be less than or equal to 131.

The answer would be c. m ≤ 131