At a 10% discount rate, Jack's discount was more than $27 on the jacket he purchased. Write an inequality to describe this situation using p for the original price of the jacket.
A) 0.1p 27
B) 0.9p 27
C) 0.1p $\ge$ 27
D) 1.1p 27

Question

At a 10% discount rate, Jack's discount was more than $27 on the jacket he purchased. Write an inequality to describe this situation using p for the original price of the jacket.
A) 0.1p > 27
B) 0.9p > 27
C) 0.1p $\ge$ 27
D) 1.1p > 27

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The discount Jack received is 10% of the original price, which is represented as 0.1p. Since his discount was more than $27, the inequality is 0.1p > 27.

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