Cassie received a 20%-off coupon and a $10.00-off coupon from a department store. She visits the department store during a tax-free sale and plans to spend no more than $48.40. She also plans to use both of the coupons she received on her purchase. If this situation is modeled by the inequality below, what must be the original purchase total, x, before the discounts are applied?

0.8x - $10.00

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Cassie received a 20%-off coupon and a $10.00-off coupon from a department store. She visits the department store during a tax-free sale and plans to spend no more than $48.40. She also plans to use both of the coupons she received on her purchase. If this situation is modeled by the inequality below, what must be the original purchase total, x, before the discounts are applied?

0.8x - $10.00 < $48.40
 

  A.   x < $50.50  

  B.   x < $48.00  

  C.   x < $73.00  

  D.   x < $58.40

anonymous · Answer

b

anonymous · Answer

may I please ask you how you got that??

anonymous · Answer

well?

anonymous · Answer

I have one more question please

anonymous · Answer

so is c

anonymous · Answer

wait which one is it be or c and I still need some work on idk how to do it please

anonymous · Answer

okay but which one would it be Im thinking that it is b