Question

Alexa has a total of $100 to spend while shopping. She already spent $53 on shoes. She wants to buy some T shirts that are on a sell for $12 each, including tax. Enter the maximum number of T shirts Alexa come by with the remaining money.

Answer 1

Alexa has a total of $100 to spend while shopping. She already spent $53 on shoes. She wants to buy some T shirts that are on a sell for $12 each, including tax. Enter the maximum number of T shirts Alexa come by with the remaining money.​

Let

x -----> number of T shirts

the inequality that represent this situation is

`53+12x\leq100`

solve for x

`\begin{gathered} 12x\leq100-53 \\ 12x\leq47 \\ x\leq3.9 \end{gathered}`

the answer is

3 -t shirts is the maximum number