A high school coach wants to buy new athletic shorts for the 15 members of the basketball team. The coach must spend less than $200 on the shorts. Which inequality represents how many pairs of shorts, s, the coach can buy?

Respuesta :

you could spend no more then 13.33 on each player

Answer:

The required inequality is [tex]15s<200[/tex].

Step-by-step explanation:

Consider the provided information.

Let s be the cost of each short.

Shorts price for 15 members of the basketball team is 15s.

The budget is $200 and he have 15 members.

Now, use the less than sign as coach can spend less than $200.

Therefore, the inequality is [tex]15s<200[/tex]

It can be further solve to find the cost of each shorts:

[tex]15s<200[/tex]

[tex]s<\frac{200}{15}[/tex]

[tex]s<13.33[/tex]

The coach may spend up to $13.33 per pair of shorts.

Therefore, the required inequality is [tex]15s<200[/tex].