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It costs $50 to rent a car plus $3.00 per gallon et gas in the car. Su can spend at most $38.00 total so what's the most amount of atoms of as she can get when she wants heart

1. Write the story problem as an inequality ex abuse and show at work to solve the DONT Legal signs in them
2. Explain what your solution means in the context of the problem
What's the most amount of salons Sue can get
3. If you were to graph this on a number one would you shade right

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Final answer:

Sue cannot buy any gas because she cannot afford the rental fee and the cost of gas within her budget.

Step-by-step explanation:

To write the story problem as an inequality expression, we need to define variables for the quantities involved. Let's say x represents the number of gallons of gas Sue can buy. The total cost, including the rental fee, will be $50 + $3x. Based on the information given, Sue can spend at most $38. To write this as an inequality, we have:

$50 + $3x ≤ $38

To solve this inequality and find the maximum number of gallons Sue can buy, we need to isolate x. We can start by subtracting $50 from both sides:

$3x ≤ $38 - $50

$3x ≤ - $12

Next, divide both sides by $3 to solve for x:

x ≤ - $12 ÷ $3

x ≤ - 4

This means that Sue can buy at most -4 gallons of gas, which is not possible. So, in this situation, Sue cannot buy any gas.

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