Question

For a school fundraiser mai will make school spirit bracelets. She will order bead wiring and alphabet beads to create the school name on the bracelets. Mai must spend $250 on wire and $5.30 per bracelet beads. Mai creates the expression. 5.3n+ 250 to represent the cost of making n bracelets. What is the maximum number of bracelets Mai can make with a budget of $1500 explain your reasoning

Answer 1

235 bracelets

Explanation:

Mai must spend $250 on wire and $5.30 per bracelet beads. Mai creates the expression.

We are given the equation:

5.3n+ 250 to represent the cost of making n bracelets.

The maximum number of bracelets Mai can make with a budget of $1500 Is calculated as:

$1500 = 5.3n+ 250

Collect like terms

1500 - 250 = 5.3n

1250 = 5.3n

n = 1250/5.3

n = 235.8490566 bracelets.

Bracelets are created as whole numbers and they can't be in decimal form.

Therefore, the maximum number of bracelets Mai can make with a budget of $1500 is 235 bracelets.