Marcus is buying 10 gift bags for his birthday party. He will choose items to put in the bags and then pay an additional charge of $0.75 for the actual bag. Marcus cannot spend more than $50. Write and solve an inequality to find the most Marcus can spend on the items for each bag.

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Sylvia Christian

7 October, 15:44

Marcus is buying 10 gift bags for his birthday party. He will choose items to put in the bags and then pay an additional charge of $0.75 for the actual bag. Marcus cannot spend more than $50. Write and solve an inequality to find the most Marcus can spend on the items for each bag.

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Scarlett Watkins · Answer 1

Since they do not specify that the items are equal lets assume that a b c d e f g h i j represent the cost of the items in the 10 gift bags.

10 x 0.75=7.50

thus

(7.50-7.50+a+b+c+d+e+f+g+h+i+j) < or = 50 - 7.50

a+b+c+d+e+f+g+h+i+j < or = $42.50