The unit cost for a piece of fabric is $ 4.99 per yard. You have $ 30 to spend on material. How many feet of material could you buy? Define a variable and write an inequality to solve this problem.
The feet of material that could you buy and also find the variable and write an equality to solve this.
Answer to Problem 19P
The inequality is
The variable
Explanation of Solution
Given:
The unit cost for a fabric is $
Maximum amount that can be spend is $
Since,
As given that cost per yard = $
Therefore, cost per
So, cost per feet is:
Let, there are
Therefore, cost for x feet is
Hence,
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