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Note: Enter your answer and show all the steps that you use to solve this problem in the space provided.You have $59.95 in your wallet and want to buy some new CDs. If the CDs are $11.99 each, what number of CDs, x, can you buy? Write and solve an inequality.

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Answer:

5

Step-by-step explanation:

Cash at hand = $59.95

Price of one CD is $11.99

Number of CD that can be purchased = X

With this above information, we can write

1 CD = $11.99 -------- (1)

X CD = $59.95 ----------(2)

cross multiplying the above equations, we have

X x $11.99 = 1 x $59.95

$11.99X = $59.95

To calculate the value of X, divide both sides by $11.99

we have,

$11.99X = $59.95

$11.99 $11.99

X = 5

The value of X is 5.

Therefore, $59.95 will buy 5 CDs at $11.99ea.

I hope this helps.

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