Question

A volunteer is buying 10 blankets for the animal shelter. Shipping the blankets costs $1.50 and the volunteer has $75 to spend. What is the maximum amount the volunteer can spend for each blanket? Write an inequality that would represent the situation and solve the inequality.

Answer 1

$7.35

Explanation:

Let cost of blanket be $x

10x + 1.50 ≤ 75

10x ≤ 73.50

x ≤ 7.35

therefore, maximum amount for each blanket is $7.35