Jimmy is having speaker wire run in his family room. To install the spreaker wire, one company changes $85 plus $0.20 per foot of wire used. If Jimmy needs the cost of installation to remain below $95, how many feet of wire can he have installed?

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anonymous · Answer

you wan t to set up an equation to represent the terms.

 it would be : $$95 > 85 + 0.2x$$
 x is your answer.

anonymous · Answer

the answer is what

anonymous · Answer

well the part about 'below 95' bothers me because its unclear whether he wants to spend 95.00.

also the fact that we don't know if he can purchase a fraction of a foot of wire for example, lol.

the safe answer is 49.

anonymous · Answer

ok thx