you want to buy some comic books because theres a sale going on, with $10 off on the total price. if you…

you want to buy some comic books because theres a sale going on, with $10 off on the total price. if you want to spend less than $66.50, and each comic book costs around $4.50, how many comic books, x, can you buy? select one of four you can buy less than 15 comic books. you can buy less than 16 comic books. you can buy less than 17 comic books. you can buy less than 18 comic books. remaining attempts: 1
Answer
Explanation:
Step1: Set up the inequality
The cost of each comic book is $4.50, so the cost of (x) comic books is (4.5x). There is a $10 discount on the total price. We want to spend less than $66.50. The inequality is (4.5x - 10<66.50).
Step2: Solve the inequality for (x)
Add 10 to both sides of the inequality: (4.5x-10 + 10<66.50 + 10) (4.5x<76.5) Divide both sides by 4.5: (x<\frac{76.5}{4.5}) (x < 17)
Answer:
You can buy less than 17 comic books.