Problema Solution
Mona's favorite shampoo is on sale for $5.99 on a web site. The web site does not charge a shipping fee for any orders over $25. Mona plans to order a makeup mirror for $14.95, as well as some shampoo. She wants to order enough to avoid a shipping fee, but she does not want to spend more than $50 total. Which inequality can be used to determine the number of bottles of shampoo Mona can order?
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Let 'x' represent the number of bottles that Mona ordered.
The inequality used to the determine the number of bottles of shampoo is:
5.99x + 14.95 <= 50
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x <= 5.85
Mona can order 5 bottles of shampoo at most.