Question

You have $33. You want to buy a necklace and one other item from the list. a. Write an inequality to represent the situation. Let x represent the cost (in dollars) of another item.

Answer 1

The inequality for amount x (in dollars) is given by

x ≤ $33 - (cost of necklace).

Explanation:

Let the cost of the necklace be $ y.

The amount for the necklace is constant and it is less than $33 and it is also known that the amount for the necklace will be spent.

Therefore after the necklace has been purchased and the amount deducted from $33 the remaining amount can be used completely or partly to purchase the other item.

Let the cost in dollars of the other item be $x.

The inequality for amount x (in dollars) is given by

x ≤ $33 - (cost of necklace)