Diego has $0.97 in his pocket. What is the greatest number of dimes he could have?

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asked Oct 16, 2023 215k views

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EllipticalInitial · Answer 1 · 2023-10-21T16:02:18+0000

The value of a dime is $0.10. If we call the amount of dimes as x, the solution for the following inequality is our answer

$0.10x\leq0.97$

If we multiply both sides by 10, we're going to have

$x\leq9.7$

Since x must be a whole number, the greatest possible number of dimes he could have is 9.