Question

Julia has $80. She wants to purchase a nail paint set for $16 and earrings. She spends the rest of the money on earrings. Each pair of earrings costs $8. Write an inequality for the number of pairs of earrings she can purchase.

Answer 1

I think it will be Y<8 (there will be a line under the ‘<‘).

Answer 2

after the nail set is bought, she will have 80-16 left, that is 64. If each pair of earrings costs 8 dollars, then she can buy 64/8 =8: She can buy 8 pairs of earrings.


If the question is interpreted that she doesn't spend all her money, then we could say, if we must that if y=number of earrings she can buy then

Your answer is y≤8