SOLUTION: A band sells CDs for $8 each and T-shirts for $15 each. Sarah wants to buy some CDs and T-shirts as gifts for her friends but the most she can spend is $75. Write an inequality

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Question 874904: A band sells CDs for $8 each and T-shirts for $15 each. Sarah wants to buy some CDs and T-shirts as gifts for her friends but the most she can spend is $75.
Write an inequality using x and y variables to represent the situation and explain what the variables x and y represent in your inequality.
Thank you guys so much for helping me.

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A band sells CDs for $8 each and T-shirts for $15 each. Sarah wants to buy some CDs and T-shirts as gifts for her friends but the most she can spend is $75.
Write an inequality using x and y variables to represent the situation and explain what the variables x and y represent in your inequality.
Thank you guys so much for helping me.

Let x and y represent the number of CDs and T-shirts she can buy, respectively
Amount she can spend on CDs: 8x
Amount she can spend on T-shirts: 15y
Since "THE MOST" means just that, we use the inequality:
Since "THE MOST" she can spend is $75, we get:
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