Jody is buying a scrapbook and sheets of designer paper. She has $40 and needs at least $18.25 to bu

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    math_celebrity Administrator Staff Member

    Jody is buying a scrapbook and sheets of designer paper. She has $40 and needs at least $18.25 to buy the scrapbook. Each sheet of paper costs $0.34. How many sheets of paper can she buy?

    Set up a cost equation for the number of pieces of paper (p):
    0.34p + 18.25 <= 40 <-- we have an inequality since we can't go over 40

    Type this inequality into our search engine and we get:
    p <= 63.97

    We round down, so we get p = 63.
     

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