Question

Sally has a budget for school stationery of $37, but has already spent $22.72 on books and folders. Let p represent the amount that Sally can spend on other stationery. Write an inequality that shows how much she can spend on other stationery, and solve for p.

Answer 1

`p\le 14.28`

Explanation:

Total budget for school stationery = $37

She has already spent $22.72 on books and folders.

Left amount = $37 - $22.72

= $14.28

Let p represent the amount that Sally can spend on other stationery. It implies that "p" must be less than or equal to $14.28 .

Hence, the required inequality is :

`p\le 14.28`