Question

Layla has allotted $76 for gifts while on vacation. She plans to buy a souvenir for her parents for $16 and spend the rest on 4 T-shirts for her friends. If x represents the price, in dollars, of a T-shirt, which inequality correctly represents the money Layla will spend on souvenirs?
Answer
4x + 16 = 76
16x + 4 = 76
4x + 16 = 76
16x + 4 = 76

Answer 1

Does the question really say "inequality" or was that a mis-type? All of the possible answers are equaqlities.

What value did they not tell you about the souvenirs?

Answer 2

idk... thats just what the question says... help please

Answer 3

I will help you, but I want you to understand what you're doing.

Ok...they actually told you the answer to my question...they didn't tell you the price per t-shirt. So that's why they are calling it "x"

Let's look at this a different way.

Suppose you bought 4 magazine at $5 each and a $2 soda. How much money did you spend total?

Answer 4

22

Answer 5

And how did you get that?

Answer 6

4 x 5 + 2

Answer 7

Right. Your question is identical...except they didn't tell you the price per magazine but they did tell you how much you spent total.

Answer 8

yeah this is a typo
2 of them should be "<=" and the other 2 should be ">="

Answer 9

its not... thats how its written

Answer 10

notice there are only 2 possible equations, yet 4 possibilities

Answer 11

So I had said you bought 4 magazines at x dollars each, and bought a soda for $2. And all in all, you spend $22, how would you set it up?

Answer 12

they have 2 put 4 Answers... but theres only 2 choices

Answer 13

so its the first one right?

Answer 14

the $16 souvenir is a fixed cost
t-shirts are variable costs, you don't know the cost

Answer 15

well...yes...but dumbcow is right. there's something wrong with the choices.

She can't spend more the $76 but she can spend less than or equal to $76.

Fidn the one that has \[\le\]in it...

Answer 16

with the same terms as the first one.