Elise has a budget of sixty dollars to spend on back-to-school clothes. She finds some shirts she likes that cost fifteen dollars each. How many shirts, x, can Elise buy?

x is less than four

x is greater than four

x is less than or equal to four

x is greater than or equal to four

Question

Elise has a budget of sixty dollars  to spend on back-to-school clothes. She finds some shirts she likes that cost fifteen dollars  each. How many shirts, x, can Elise buy?

 x is less than four 

 x is greater than four

 x is less than or equal to four

 x is greater than or equal to four

johnweldon1993 · Answer

A budget of $60 ...so she cannot go over that but she can meet it so we have a less than or equal to sign

If each shirt cost $15 each we have

$$15x \le 60$$

To solve for x....divide both sides of that equation by 15 and you will get

$$x \le ?$$

mathstudent55 · Answer

Each shirt costs $15.

1 shirt costs $ $15 \times 1 = 15$
2 shirts cost $ $15 \times 2 = 30$
3 shirts cost $ $15 \times 3 = 45$
x shirts cost $ $15 \times x = 15x$

Since she has a total of $60, her total expense must be less than or equal to $60.

$15x \le 60 $

Divide both sides by 15 to find x.