SOLUTION: ok i need some serious help here please help... it says: suppose you want to order several sweaters that cost $39.00 each from an online catalog. there is a $10.95 charge for shipp

Question 643108: ok i need some serious help here please help... it says: suppose you want to order several sweaters that cost $39.00 each from an online catalog. there is a $10.95 charge for shipping. you have $102.50 to spend.
the question is: write an inequality you could use to determine the maximum number of sweaters you can purchase.

Found 2 solutions by stanbon, MathTherapy:
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
suppose you want to order several sweaters that cost $39.00 each from an online catalog. there is a $10.95 charge for shipping. you have $102.50 to spend.
the question is: write an inequality you could use to determine the maximum number of sweaters you can purchase.
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Let "x" be the number of sweaters you can purchase.
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Inequality:
10.95x <= 102.50
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Cheers,
Stan H.
Answer by MathTherapy(10549) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

ok i need some serious help here please help... it says: suppose you want to order several sweaters that cost $39.00 each from an online catalog. there is a $10.95 charge for shipping. you have $102.50 to spend.
the question is: write an inequality you could use to determine the maximum number of sweaters you can purchase.

Let the amount of sweaters that you can buy be S

Then we can say that: , or

When solved, you'll need to round DOWN!!

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