Problema Solution
Th unit cost for a piece of fabric is $4.99 per yard. You have $30 to spend on material. How many feet of material could you buy. Write an inequality.
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1 yd = 3 ft
This means the unit cost per feet is $4.99/3.
Let 'x' represent the length of the material in feet that you can be with $30.
(4.99/3)*x <= 30
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x <= 18.04
With $30 you can buy not more then 18 ft of the fabric approximately.