Problem 2Ellie earned $150 from babysitting over winter break. She spends $24 on a cookbook and another $68 on a pair of jeans.She also wants to buy a gift for her best friend's graduation. What is the maximum amount of money that she can spendon a gift?

Given:Earning of Ellie=$150Expenditure on cookbook=$24Expemditure on pair of jeans=$68To find:…

Ellie earned $150 from babysitting over winter break. She spends $24 on a cookbook and another $68 on a pai She also wants to buy a gift for her best friend's graduation. What is the maximum amount of money that she on a gift?

Ellie earned $150 from babysitting over winter break. She spends $24 on a cookbook and another $68 on a pai She also wants to buy a gift for her best friend's graduation. What is the maximum amount of money that she on a gift?

Algebra for College Students

10th Edition

ISBN:9781285195780

Author:Jerome E. Kaufmann, Karen L. Schwitters

Publisher:Jerome E. Kaufmann, Karen L. Schwitters

Chapter8: Functions

Section8.4: More Quadratic Functions And Applications

Problem 53PS

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Ellie earned $150 from babysitting over winter break. She spends $24 on a cookbook and another $68 on a pair of jeans.
She also wants to buy a gift for her best friend's graduation. What is the maximum amount of money that she can spend
on a gift?

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