Question

18. You have no more than $60 to spend. You want a drink that costs $1.50 including tax, and you want to buy a

pair of pants, which will have 4% sales tax.

a.) What is the inequality that represents the amount of money you have to spend?

b.) Given that you can spend no more than $60, what is the most a pair of pants could cost?

Answer 1

a. pants + tax + drink ≤ 60 b. $56.16

Explanation:

60-1.5 = 58.5 = money left for pants+tax

58.5/100 = 0.585 = 1%

0.585x 4= $2.34 = highest possible tax

58.5 - 2.34 = $56.16 most

pants + tax + drink ≤ 60