Question

Sarafina and Katie have between $105 and $420 dollars to spend on jewelry for Christmas presents for their friends. If they buy 7 bracelets at $3.25 each and 8 necklaces at $11.75 each, how many pairs of earrings can they buy if they cost $6.15 each?
Set up the compound inequality and solve. YOU MUST SHOW YOUR STEPS TO RECEIVE FULL CREDIT.

Answer 1

Answer:

66

Step-by-step explanation:

105+420=525   (Total Money)

7x3.25=22.75   (Cost of all bracelets)

8x11.74=93.92   (Cost of all necklaces)

93.92+22.75=116.67   (Cost of all Christmas presents)

525-116.67=408.33   (Total money - Cost of all Christmas presents)

408.33/6.15=66.39...   (Amount of necklaces)

since in real life you can only buy a whole number of things, you would round down 66.39 to 66. I hope this helped!