Question

Dawn has less than $60. She wants to buy 3 sweaters. What price of sweaters can she afford if all the sweaters are the same price? Let s be the price of each sweater. Write this as an inequality.​

(s will be the variable)

Answer 1

Answer: s < $20

Explanation:

Since Dawn has less than $60 and wants to buy 3 sweaters, then the price of sweaters that she can afford if all the sweaters are the same price will be:

(3 × s) < $60

where,

s = price of each sweater

3s < $60

Divide both side by 3

3s/3 < $60/3

s < $20

The price of each sweater is less than $20