Steve is turning half of his backyard into a chicken pen. his backyard is a 24 meter by 45 meter rectangle. he wants to put a chicken wire fence that stretches diagonally from one corner to the opposite corner. how many meters of fencing will steve need?

let x be the money she spent so that she can earn the free t-shirt.

since, she already spent $112.49

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also, as per the statement: jennifer must spend $250 or more in order to qualify for a free t-shirt at the store.

then,

we have an inequality i.,e

subtract 112.49 from both sides we get;

therefore, $137. 51 more money does jennifer need to spend so that she can earn the free t-shirt