SOLUTION: John is going to buy ties at $7.50 per tie and some shirts at $18.50 each. If he buys twice as many ties as shirts and spends no more than $205. What is the greatest number of shir
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Question 1000933: John is going to buy ties at $7.50 per tie and some shirts at $18.50 each. If he buys twice as many ties as shirts and spends no more than $205. What is the greatest number of shirts he can buy. ( taxes are included)
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
John is going to buy ties at $7.50 per tie and some shirts at $18.50 each. If he buys twice as many ties as shirts and spends no more than $205. What is the greatest number of shirts he can buy. ( taxes are included)
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Value Inequality:: 7.5t + 18.5s <= 205 dollars
Quantity ::::::: t = 2s
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Substitute for "t" and solve for "s"::
7.5(2s) + 18.5s <= 205
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15s + 18.5s <= 205
33.5s <= 205
s <= 6 (# of shirts he can buy)
Solve for "t"::
t = 2s
t <= 12 (# of ties he can buy)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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