Question

A high school coach wants to buy new athletic shorts for the 15 members of the basketball team. The coach must spend less than $200 on the shorts. Which inequality represents how many pairs of shorts, s, the coach can buy?

Answer 1

you could spend no more then 13.33 on each player

Answer 2

The required inequality is
`15s<200`.

Explanation:

Consider the provided information.

Let s be the cost of each short.

Shorts price for 15 members of the basketball team is 15s.

The budget is $200 and he have 15 members.

Now, use the less than sign as coach can spend less than $200.

Therefore, the inequality is
`15s<200`

It can be further solve to find the cost of each shorts:

`15s<200`

`s<(200)/(15)`

`s<13.33`

The coach may spend up to $13.33 per pair of shorts.

Therefore, the required inequality is
`15s<200`.