Rebecca bought one gold fish for $32 and one starfish for $12. she spends the rest of her money on guppy fish. she wants to spend no more than $80. each guppy costs $6. wrote and solve an inequality for the number of guppies she can purchase.

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Erik Wong

19 March, 22:40

Rebecca bought one gold fish for $32 and one starfish for $12. she spends the rest of her money on guppy fish. she wants to spend no more than $80. each guppy costs $6. wrote and solve an inequality for the number of guppies she can purchase.

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Dayami Maldonado · Answer 1

Do 32 plus 12 ($44) a guppy fish costs $6. do 80 - 44 which is 36. now, back to the fish charging $6, you can purchase 6 fishes which comes up to $36. 36 + 44 is $80 and u spent $80.

inequality:

44 + 6 guppies ≤ 80

80 - 44 is 36, so

6/6 ≤ 36/6 is means guppies ≤ 6, so she can get 6 guppies