Question

Mia has at most $24 to spend on jewelry. She wants to spend $6 on a pair ofearrings and spend the rest of the money on necklaces. Each necklace costs $9.Which inequality could she use to find the number, x, of necklaces she can buy?A 6x + 9 = 24B9x 24a 6x24 + 9D 9x + 6 5 24

Answer 1

She has a budget of $24 to spend on jewelry, so we know that the spending has to be less or equal than 24.

There is a spending that is already decided, and is $6 on a pair of earrings.

The rest will be spend on necklaces, wich cost $9 each one. If x is the number of necklaces, the spending on necklaces is 9x.

Then, the total spending is 6+9x and it has to be less or equal than 24, so we can write the inequality as:

$6+9x\le24$