Mr. Clinton went to the lumber company. He bought 6 boards at a cost of $4.12 per board and 5 pounds of nails at $0.78 per pound. What was the total cost for these items (not including tax)?

$28.62

Step-by-step explanation:

$4.12 times 6 equals 24.72. add that to the 5 pounds of nails for 0.78 which is $3.90, and get $28.62

b: |12 – x| ≤ 0.25

step-by-step explanation:      

let x be the possible lengths in inches, of the ribbons jaime cut.

we have been given that jaime is cutting strips of ribbon for a project. he tries to cut each piece to be 12 inches long, but sometimes he cuts it too long or too short by as much as 0.25 inch.  

we can represent this information in an inequality as:

by the definition of absolute value function we will get,

upon combining our inequalities we will get,

therefore, the inequality   describes all the possible lengths (x), in inches, of the ribbons jaime cut.

step-by-step explanation: