Maya has $15 to spend. She spent $5.50, including tax, to buy a notebook. She needs to save $7.75, but she wants to buy a snack. If cookies cost $0.25 per package including tax, what inequality would show the maximum number of packages that Maya can buy? Solve your inequality by showing your work and steps. (10 points) (no links and I will give brainliest)

7 packages.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x represent number of cookie packages.

We have been given that Maya has $15 to spend. She spent $5.50, including tax, to buy a notebook.

Amount left after buying notebook would be .

As Maya needs to save $7.75, so money left to buy cookies would be .

We are also told that cost of each cookie package is $0.25. The cost of x packages would be .

The cost of x packages should be less than or equal to 7.75.

Therefore, Maya can buy at-most 7 packages.

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