SOLUTION: The unit cost for a piece of fabric is $4.99 per yard. You have $30 to spend on material. How many feet of material could you buy? Define a variable and write an inequality to solv

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Question 526965: The unit cost for a piece of fabric is $4.99 per yard. You have $30 to spend on material. How many feet of material could you buy? Define a variable and write an inequality to solve this problem.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
$4.99 / yard = $4.99 / 3 ft
+1.663+ dollars/ft
let +f+ = feet of material you can buy
+f+%3C=+30%2F1.663+
+f+%3C=+18.036+ ft