Jim bought a meal in a town that has no sales tax. He tlps 15%. All the meals Jim could buy for less than or equal to $30 total are $20.54 meal and $26.08 meal.
You'll need to isolate 9a on the left side of this equation
Please add 7 to both sides of the eqn, obtaining 9a = 117.
Solve for a by dividing both sides by 9: a = 117/9 = 13 (answer)