Sheila is doing some shopping online before the holidays. She received a $150 gift card for her birthday and wants to buy some items from the table below. 1. Sheila plans on buying matching sets of scarfs and hats. Using the table, can you write an inequality statement (do not solve!) that shows how many sets she can buy with her gift card? Use x as your unknown.
shirt: $18.75 jacket: $37.50 scarf: $12.50 hat: $25.00
Let's consider the cost of each set of scarfs and hats. Since each set includes one scarf that costs $12.50 and one hat that costs $25.00, the total cost of a set is $12.50 + $25.00 = $37.50.
Now let's suppose Sheila can buy x sets of scarfs and hats with her gift card. The cost of x sets would be x * $37.50.
Since Sheila wants to buy as many sets as possible with her gift card, the inequality statement showing how many sets she can buy is:
x * $37.50 ≤ $150