Question

The coach of the field hockey team can spend at most Ģ475 on new team uniforms. The coach will order the uniforms online and pay a mailing cost of $6.50. If each uniform costs $29, how many uniforms can the coach order?​

Answer 1

Explanation:

The coach of the field hockey team can spend at most $475 on new team uniforms. The coach will order the uniforms online and pay a mailing cost of $6.50. If each uniform costs $29, how many uniforms can the coach order?​

475 > 29u + 6.5

468.5 > 29u

16.155 > u

You cannot buy a partial uniform so round down to 16

The coach can purchase 16 uniforms without going over budget.

Answer 2

• 16 uniforms

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Assumed the total possible cost is $475.

• Let the number of uniforms be x,
• one uniform costs $29 and
• the mailing cost is $6.50.

Set inequality and solve for x:

• 29x + 6.50 ≤ 475
• 29x ≤ 475 - 6.50
• 29x ≤ 468.50
• x ≤ 468.50/29
• x ≤ 16.15

The greatest possible integer value of x is 16, hence the coach can order up to 16 uniforms.