Question

Jackie has a maximum of $450 to spend on shirts and jeans. The shirts she wants to buy are $12 each, including tax. The jeans she wants to buy are $27 each, including tax. What is an inequality that represents all possible combinations of s, the number of shirts, and j, pairs of jeans, Jackie can buy

Answer 1

Answer: 12s+27j≤450

Explanation:

From the question, we are informed that Jackie has a maximum of $450 to spend on shirts and jeans and that the shirts she wants to buy are $12 each, including tax while the jeans she wants to buy are $27 each, including tax.

The inequality that represents all possible combinations of s, the number of shirts, and j, pairs of jeans, Jackie can buy will be:

= 12s+27j≤450