Question

EOY 2020 Algebra 1

Question: 1-2
Grace wants to buy some new clothes, but she cannot afford more than $75 before the sales tax is added. The blouses she wants are priced $17 each and the pants she wants are priced $25
each. Which inequality could be used to determine b, the number of blouses, and p, the number of pants Grace can afford?

Answer 1

17b + 25p <= 75

Explanation:

Answer 2

The inequality is: 17*b + 25*p <= 75

Explanation:

If she can't afford to pay more than $75, then the price of the purchase must be less or equall to that. The expression that represents the value of the purchase is given by the number of blouses by the price of each blouse added by the number of pants multiplied by the price of each pant.

price = 17*b + 25*p

Since the price must be less or equal to 75, then:

17*b + 25*p <= 75

The inequality is: 17*b + 25*p <= 75