Question

Eli has $640 to spend at a bicycle store for some new gear and biking outfits. Assume all prices listed include tax.

He buys a new bicycle for $356.89.
He buys 2 bicycle reflectors for $16.70 each and a pair of bike gloves for $27.47.
He plans to spend some or all of the money he has left to buy new biking outfits for $74.08 each.

Write and solve an inequality which can be used to determine o, the number of outfits Eli can purchase while staying within his budget.
(write the equation that you used to solve this )

Answer 1

Explanation:

First of all we have to discover how much he spent.

356.89 + 2(16.70) + 27.47 = $417.76

Now we have to find how much money he saved

640 - 417.76 = $222.24

the total cost of biking outfits must be eqaua or less than $222.24..

We know the price of a single outift so we can write this inequality:

74.08o ≤ 222.24

we can find o by dividing the two members of the inequality:

o ≤ 222.24/74.08 = 3

o≤ 3

this mean that he can buy 1, 2 or 3 outfits