Deidre has $100 to spend on new clothes. She knows she wants to buy a pair of jeans for $32 and spend the rest on shirts. If each shirt costs $18, how many shirts can she buy? Which of the following inequalities represents this situation??
Let's represent the number of shirts that Deidre can buy with the variable "x". The amount spent on shirts can be represented as 18x.
Since Deidre has $100 to spend and has already spent $32 on jeans, the total amount left to spend on shirts is 100 - 32, which can be represented as (100 - 32).
The inequality that represents this situation is:
18x ≤ (100 - 32)
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Let's represent the number of shirts that Deidre can buy with the variable "x". The amount spent on shirts can be represented as 18x.
Since Deidre has $100 to spend and has already spent $32 on jeans, the total amount left to spend on shirts is 100 - 32, which can be represented as (100 - 32). The amount spent on shirts must be less than or equal to this remaining amount.
The inequality that represents this situation is:
18x ≤ (100 - 32)