Sharon has at most $25 to spend on her sister's birthday gift. She already bought a knitting machine for her, which cost $14.99. She would also like to get her sister some skeins of yarn to go with it. Each skein costs $2.75.

Write an inequality to represent this problem. Use y to represent the number of skeins of yarn.

What is the most number of skeins Sharon can afford to buy? Justify your answer in two or more complete sentences.

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Patience Lamb

1 September, 16:37

Sharon has at most $25 to spend on her sister's birthday gift. She already bought a knitting machine for her, which cost $14.99. She would also like to get her sister some skeins of yarn to go with it. Each skein costs $2.75.

Write an inequality to represent this problem. Use y to represent the number of skeins of yarn.

What is the most number of skeins Sharon can afford to buy? Justify your answer in two or more complete sentences.

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Alma Keith · Answer 1

She can get 9 skeins for the present. It works because if she already used 15$ then she has 10$ left. So she could get 9 skeins because 2.75•9=24.75 which she would have 25cents back

Caitlyn Herring · Answer 2

Y=2 ($2.75) Sharon can only buy 3. She only has $25 that will give her only 3 that she can buy. $25-$14.99=$10.01 3 ($2.75) = $8.25 $10.01-$8.25 = $1.76

Sharon wouldn't have enough to buy a 4th one.