SOLUTION: PLEASE HELP ME! ASAP. stan wants to buy a shirt and a tie and must spend less than $30.00 for both. If the tie costs $7.95, how much can he pay for the shirt?

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Question 637555: PLEASE HELP ME! ASAP. stan wants to buy a shirt and a tie and must spend less than $30.00 for both. If the tie costs $7.95, how much can he pay for the shirt?
Answer by MathLover1(20850) About Me  (Show Source):
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let's a shirt be s and a tie t
Stan wants to buy both a shirt and a tie:
s%2Bt
and must spend less than $30.00 for both
s%2Bt%3C30.00
If the tie costs t=7.95
s%2B7.95%3C30.00
s%3C30.00-7.95
s%3C22.05