Sam can spend no more than $75 on school supplies. he has to spend $12 on paper and pencils. what is the maximum amount sam can spend on a graphing calculator?

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asked Dec 5, 2017 209k views

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Reuel · Answer 1 · 2017-12-09T16:25:51+0000

Answer:

$63

Explanation:

Let x represent the amount spent on graphing calculator.

We have been given given that Sam has to spend $12 on paper and pencils. The total cost of graphing calculator, paper and pencils would be
x+12 .

Since Sam can spend no more than $75 on school supplies, so the amount spent on school supplies should be less than or equal to 75.

We can represent this information in an inequality as:

$x+12\leq 75$

Let us solve for x:

$x+12-12\leq 75-12$

$x\leq 63$

Therefore, Sam can spend a maximum amount of $63 on the graphing calculator.