Asked by alex

Aditi has $50.00 in her wallet. She buys a shirt for $12.00 and also wants to buy some bracelets that are on sale for $0.60 each. The inequality below relates x, the number of bracelets she can buy, with her shirt purchase and the money in her wallet.

12 + 0.60 x less-than-or-equal-to 50

What is the greatest number of bracelets she could buy?
20
30
63
83

All Answers 1

Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
12 + 0.60x ≤ 50
0.60x ≤ 38 (subtract 12)
x ≤ 38 ÷ 0.60 = 63.333...

Greatest whole number x can be is 63.