Question

There are 5 students on the school chess team. They need to raise at least $445 for a field trip. Their advisor says they have raised 14% of the funds so far and she wants each of them to raise an equal share of the money still needed. Craig writes and solves an inequality to find the least amount of money, m, each student on the chess team still needs to raise. He solves his inequality and says the solution is m?$12.46.

Answer 1

Answer: he was wrong. Each student will have to pay $76.54 at least

Explanation:

They need to raise at least $445 for a field trip. This means that the amount to be raised should be greater than or equal to $445

Their advisor says they have raised 14% of the funds so far. This means that the amount that they have raised so far is

14/100 × 445 = 0.14×445=$62.3

The amount of money left for them to raise is total amount of money needed - 14% that they have raised so far. It becomes

445 - 62.3 = $382.7

she wants each of them to raise an equal share of the money still needed. There are 5 students on the school chess team. This means that 5 students would be raising $382.7 equally.

The leat amount of money, m that each student will have to pay is

m = 382.7/5=76.54

He solves his inequality and says the solution is m?$12.46. He got it wrong