Question

Volleyballs cost $22.00 each. The Athletic Director has $277.00 in her budget to spend on new volleyballs. There is a $13.00 shipping fee per order. How many volleyballs can the Athletic Director order?

Answer 1

Answer: The Athletic can other 12 volleyballs.

Explanation:

If the director has $277 to spend then it means The director can spend at most $277.

Now one volleyball cost $22 and so we could represent the number of volleyballs you can buy by the expression 22x and including the shipping fee,we will extend the expression to 22x + 13 Now since the Director can spend up to $277 or less we can write the whole situation in a form of inequality as,

22x + 13 ≤ 277 Now solve for x to determine the number of volleyballs

-13 -13

22x
`\leq` 264

x
`\leq` 12