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Question 1 2 pts Charles has $84.50 that he can spend on music and membership for a music website. If the cost of membership is $35 and each song is 99 cents, how many songs can Charles buy?

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Charles can buy not more than 50 songs or Charles can buy a maximum of 50 songs.

Step-by-step explanation

Let the number of songs that Charles can buy be n

Charles has $84.50 that he can spend. This means he can spend less than or equal to $84.50

He's spending this cash on music and membership for a music website.

Membership for music website = $35

Cost of one song = 99 cents = $0.99

Cost of n songs = (0.99) (n) = (0.99n) dollars

Total cost of membership for music website and n songs = (35 + 0.99n) dollars

But, this total cost has to be less than or equal to $84.50

(35 + 0.99n) ≤ 84.50

35 + 0.99n ≤ 84.50

Subtract 35 from both sides

35 + 0.99n - 35 ≤ 84.50 - 35

0.99n ≤ 49.50

Divide both sides by 0.99

(0.99n/0.99) ≤ (49.50/0.99)

n ≤ 50

This means Charles can buy not more than 50 or Charles can buy a maximum of 50 songs.

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