The student council wants to have matching t-shirts. They would like to order 9 shirt without spending more than $171. What is the solution of inequality representing their situation? Use t for the cost of one shirt.

Answer 1

To represent the situation with an inequality, we need to consider the total cost of ordering 9 shirts, where \( t \) is the cost of one shirt.

The total cost for 9 shirts can be expressed as:

\[ 9t \]

The student council wants to keep this total cost less than or equal to $171, leading us to the following inequality:

\[ 9t \leq 171 \]

This inequality represents the situation where the cost of 9 shirts should not exceed $171.