A high school basketball team has a budget specifically for towels and extra basketballs. A towel costs $4 and a basketball costs $22. Assume the budget is $350 and that 30 towels are needed for the team for the entire season. Use a standard form equation to determine how many basketballs may be purchased by the team.

a.5
b.10
c.30
b.274

Question

A high school basketball team has a budget specifically for towels and extra basketballs. A towel costs $4 and a basketball costs $22. Assume the budget is $350 and that 30 towels are needed for the team for the entire season. Use a standard form equation to determine how many basketballs may be purchased by the team.

a.5
b.10
c.30
b.274

anonymous · Answer

I got b.

shiraz14 · Answer

Let the number of basketballs which may be purchased be b. Then we have:
22x+120≤350
Solving for x, we have:
x ≤ 10.45
max (x) = 10 - Answer: b

anonymous · Answer

thx

shiraz14 · Answer

Sorry - typo in my previous answer: The statement should read:
Let the number of basketballs which may be purchased be x.