SAT Linear inequalities in one or two variables Practice Question 6 (Easy)

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Sam has $\$50$ to spend on movie tickets. Each ticket costs $\$6.25$ . What is the maximum number of tickets Sam can buy?

$6$

$7$

$8$

$9$

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Answer: C

The number of tickets $t$ must satisfy $6.25t \le 50$ . Dividing gives $t \le 8$ , so Sam can buy at most 8 tickets.

Choice D would cost $\$56.25$ , which is more than Sam has.

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