Question

PLEASE HELPP!!!

Jamie has a $15 iTunes gift card. Songs cost $0.75 and she wants to keep $5 on the
card. How many songs can she download?
a.
Write and solve the inequality that represents Jamie's situation.
b.
Use your inequality to decide how many songs Jamie can download.

Answer 1

13

Explanation:

starting equation is 15=0.75(x)+5.

You have to have the numbers on one side so...

15-5=10, and 5-5=0.

now, our equation is 10=0.75(x).

we are looking for x, so....

10/.75= 13 and 1/3.

since there is no such thing as a third of a song, 13 would be our number.