Homework Help: ALGEBRA-Help please

Posted by Adam on Thursday, October 27, 2011 at 6:48pm.

Mrs. Scott decided that she would spend no more than $120 to buy a jacket and a skirt.f the price of the jacket was $20 more than 3 times the price of the skirt, find the highest possible price of the skirt. How to set up this

ALGEBRA-Help please - Steve, Friday, October 28, 2011 at 5:34am
j + s <= 120

j = 20 + 3s

20+3s + s <= 120
20 + 4s <= 120
4s <= 100
s <= 25

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