Question

A high school coach wants to buy new athletic shorts for the 15 members of the basketball team.The coach must spend less than $200 on the shorts. Which inequality represent how many pairs of shorts,s,the coach can buy?

Answer 1

Answer: $15s$

Step-by-step explanation:

Given : A high school coach wants to buy new athletic shorts for $15 per member of the basketball team.

Let s represents the number of shorts .

Then, the cost of s shorts = 15 s   (1)

The coach must spend less than $200 on the shorts.

i.e. $15s$   [From (1)]

Hence, the  inequality represent how many pairs of shorts,s,the coach can buy

$15s$

Divide both sides by 15 , we get

$s$

i.e. the cost of each short must be less than $13.33.