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Joseph received a $20 gift card for downloading music. Each downloaded song costs $1.29. Explain how to write and solve an inequality that can be used to determine the number of songs that he can purchase. Interpret the solution.

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x= the amount of songs
(x*1.29)/20
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Answer:

Sample response: If x represents the number of downloads, you can write the inequality 1.29x ≤ 20. Solving the inequality, you find that x is less than or equal to about 15.5. Since he can’t download part of a song, Joseph can download 15 or fewer songs.

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