Ruth wants to buy a skateboard for $56. She has $90 in her account. She spent $11.65 to buy stationary. She also wants to buy some comic books for $3.72 each. What is the maximum number of comic books, n, that Ruth can buy so that she has enough money left to buy the skateboard?

Question

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Group of answer choices

n ≥ 16

n ≤ 6

n ≥ 6

n ≤ 16

Answer 1

First, we need to calculate how much money Ruth has left after buying the stationary. Ruth has $90 - $11.65 = $<<90-11.65=78.35>>78.35 left.

Now, we need to find out how much money each comic book costs. Ruth wants to buy comic books for $3.72 each.

To find out how many comic books Ruth can buy, we divide the amount of money Ruth has left by the cost of each comic book: $78.35 ÷ $3.72 = 21.

Therefore, Ruth can buy a maximum of n ≤ 21 comic books. However, since she wants to have enough money left to buy the skateboard, Ruth can buy a maximum of n ≤ 16 comic books.

So, the correct answer is: n ≤ 16.