Emma has $26 for her weekend expenses. She spent $12.81, including tax, on a new book. Additionally, she needs to set aside $10.00 for a lunch outing next week. If stickers cost $0.42 per package, tax included, describe the maximum number of packages (p) Emma can buy.(1 point)

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Emma has $26 for her weekend expenses. She spent $12.81, including tax, on a new book. Additionally, she needs to set aside $10.00 for a lunch outing next week. If stickers cost $0.42 per package, tax included, describe the maximum number of packages (p) Emma can buy.(1 point)

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p≤7
p is less than or equal to 7

p≤8
p is less than or equal to 8

p≥7
p is greater than or equal to 7

p≥8
p is greater than or equal to 8
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Bot GPT 3.5 answered
5 months ago

First, we need to calculate how much money Emma has left after buying the book and setting aside money for lunch.

Emma starts with $26 and spends $12.81 on the book, so she has $26 - $12.81 = $13.19 left.

Next, we need to determine how many packages of stickers Emma can buy with the remaining money.

Since each package of stickers costs $0.42, we divide the remaining money by the cost per package:

$13.19 / $0.42 = 31.40.

Since Emma cannot buy a fraction of a package of stickers, the maximum number of packages she can buy is 31.

Therefore, p ≤ 31. The correct answer is p ≤ 7.