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Part AJay wants to spend less than $80. He plans to buy a pair of jeans that cost $19.99 and some shirts that cost $14.99 each.. Write an equation or inequality to represent the number of shirts Jay can buy. Define all variables used.• What is the greatest number of shirts that Jay can buy while spending less than $80 ? Show your workPart B Liam buys a pair of jeans that costs $29.99 and 5 shirts that each cost the same amount of money. He spends a total of $94.94.•Write an equation of inequality to represent the cost of each shirt that Liam buys. Define all variables used. •What is the cost of each shirt that Liam buys?Show your work

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Answer:

19.99 + 14.99n < 80

4 shirts

Explanations:

The amount Jay wants to spend is less than $80

Cost of a pair of jeans = $19.99

Cost of a shirt = $14.99

Let the number of shirts she can buy with $14.99 be n

The total cost of items bought = 19.99 + 14.99n

Since she wants to spend less than $80, the inequality representing the relationship will therefore be:

19.99 + 14.99n < 80

To know the greatest number of shirts that Jay can buy, solve the inequality above:

19.99 + 14.99n < 80

14.99n < 80 - 19.99

14.99n < 60.01

n < 60.01/14.99

n < 4.003

The greatest number of shirts that Jay can buy while spending less than $80 is 4

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