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A school will give its baseball teams less than $840 to buy new helmets. Each helmet costs $20. The maximum number of helmets, c, they can purchase is represented by the inequality 20c < 840. Select the maximum number of helmets they can buy.A. 28 B. 32C. 41D. 44E.84

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Answer:Maximum number of helmets they can buy is 41Step-by-step explanation:We are given the following information in the question:A school will give its baseball teams less than $840 to buy new helmets.Cost of each helmet = $20Let c be the maximum number they can purchase.Then, this situation can be represented with the help of an inequality:[tex]20c < 840[/tex]To find the number of maximum helmet, they can buy, we have to solve the inequality:[tex]20c < 840\\\\c < \displaystyle\frac{840}{20} \\\\c < 48[/tex]Thus, the maximum number of helmets they can buy should be less than 42.Since, helmets are discrete, thus, they buy 41 helmets.