Question

Keilantra has $660 to spend at a bicycle store for some new gear and biking outfits. Assume all prices listed include tax.
She buys a new bicycle for $488.20.
She buys 2 bicycle reflectors for $11.17 each and a pair of bike gloves for $19.05.
She plans to spend some or all of the money she has left to buy new biking outfits for $37.26 each.

Write and solve an inequality which can be used to determine xx, the number of outfits Keilantra can purchase while staying within her budget.

Answer 1

The number of outfits she can buy is 3.

How many outfits can she buy?

The The first step is to determine the total cost of all the items already bought.

Total cost = cost of new bicycle + (cost of one reflector x number of reflectors) + cost of the gloves

$488.20 + (2 x $11.17) + 19.05

$488.20 + 19.05 + $22.34 = $529.59

Now, determine the amount that is left to buy the outfits :

$660 - $529.59 = $130.41

Here are inequality signs and what they mean:

> means greater than

< means less than

≥ means greater than or equal to

≤ less than or equal to

The inequality sign that would be used is ≤

(cost of one outfit x number of outfits)  ≤ amount left

$37.26x ≤ $130.41

x  ≤ 130.41 / 37.26

x  ≤ 3.5

x = 3

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