Question

Melissa is going shopping. She has no more than $55.00 to spend on

new clothes. She wants to buy a pair of pants for $19.95 and some t-
shirts that cost $9.50 each.
Write an inequality and solve it for the number of shirts that Melissa
can buy.

Answer 1

19.95p+9.50t ≤ 55.00$

Answer 2

3

Explanation:

She has no more to spend than $55, which means the starting equation is:
x<=55.

She wants to buy ONE pair of pants, which means that you have to subtract 55 by 19.95.

55-19.95=35.05;

x<=35.05;

Each t-shirt costs 9.5 each, which means the equation is now

9.5x<=35.05

Which, if you divide by 9.5 on both sides, is

x<=3.68947368.

So, at most, she can buy 3 shirts.