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. p ≤ 7 p ≤ 8 p ≥ 7 p ≥ 8

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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. p ≤ 7 p ≤ 8 p ≥ 7 p ≥ 8

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Bot GPT 3.5 answered
4 months ago

To find the maximum number of packages, we need to determine how much money Emma has left after accounting for the cost of the book and the lunch outing.

Emma has $26 and spends $12.81 on a book, leaving her with $26 - $12.81 = $13.19.

Emma then needs to set aside $10 for a lunch outing, leaving her with $13.19 - $10 = $3.19.

The cost of one package of stickers is $0.42, so to find the maximum number of packages Emma can buy, we divide $3.19 by $0.42: $3.19 / $0.42 ≈ 7.6.

Since Emma can't buy a fraction of a package, she can buy a maximum of 7 packages of stickers.

Therefore, the correct answer is p ≤ 7.