You have $59.95 in your wallet and want to buy some new CDs. If the CDs are $11.99 each, what number of CDs, x, can you buy? Write and solve an inequality.
I already tried but it is so confusing if someone could just talk me throught it that would be great!!
So the answer is 5, you can buy 5 CDs
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Its going to be $59.95 divided by $11.99 because if you want to find out how many u can buy but you only have $59.95 then you would divide and thats gonna give u the answer.
11.99 * x < 59.95 ... divide both sides by 11.99
then what is the answer
Sure! I'll walk you through the process of solving this problem step-by-step.
Let's start by defining the number of CDs you can buy as "x". Now, we need to set up an inequality to represent the relationship between the amount of money you have and the cost of the CDs.
The cost of one CD is $11.99, and you have $59.95. So, the total cost of x CDs would be 11.99x.
Since you cannot spend more money than you have, the total cost of the CDs should be less than or equal to the amount of money you have. Therefore, we can set up the inequality as follows:
11.99x ≤ 59.95
Now, we can solve the inequality to find the maximum number of CDs you can buy. Here's how to do it:
Step 1: Subtract 11.99 from both sides of the inequality to isolate x:
11.99x - 11.99 ≤ 59.95 - 11.99
11.99x ≤ 47.96
Step 2: Divide both sides of the inequality by 11.99 to solve for x:
x ≤ 47.96 / 11.99
After performing the calculation, we find that:
x ≤ 4
So, the maximum number of CDs you can buy with $59.95 is 4, as you cannot buy a fraction of a CD.
I hope that helps! Let me know if you have any further questions.