Question

Rachel goes to a shopping mall to buy shirts and pants for her

children. She has a total budget of $200, and she's going to
buy shirts for $25 each and pants for $20 each. Write an
inequality to describe the possible number of shirts and Pants
that Rachel can buy. If Rachel buys 5 Pants, what is the
maximum number of shirts she can buy?

Answer 1

4

Explanation:

Let x be the number of shirts that Rachel can buy, and y be the number of pants she can buy. Then the cost equation would be:

Cost = 25x + 20y

Since Rachel has a total budget of $200, we can write:

25x + 20y ≤ 200

To find the maximum number of shirts that Rachel can buy if she buys 5 pants, we can substitute y = 5 into the inequality and solve for x:

25x + 20(5) ≤ 200

25x ≤ 100

x ≤ 4

Therefore, Rachel can buy a maximum of 4 shirts if she buys 5 pants.