Gary, the technology coordinator of a high school, is planning to purchase one memory stick for each of the teachers. There are 86
teachers at the school. The English teachers requested memory sticks
that have a capacity of 32 gigabytes. Gary determines that $600 is the
maximum amount that can be spent for all of the memory sticks. Gary
finds the following prices for the purchases from Computer City.
Option
Memory Stick
Capacity
Cost Each
A
16 gigabyte
$5.99
B
32 gigabyte
$9.99
Free shipping for any order $35 or more.
1
If a represents the number of 16-gigabyte memory sticks
and b represents the number of 32-gigabyte memory sticks,
which equation represents the number of each kind of
memory stick that should be purchased for the teachers?
A a + b = 86
C 16a + 32b = 86
B a + b = 600
D 16a + 32b = 600