44.4k views
0 votes
Question Help James and Bethany Morrison are celebrating their 10th anniversary by having a reception at a local reception hall. They have budgeted $ 4 comma 500 $4,500 for their reception. If the reception hall charges a $100 cleanup fee plus $35 per​ person, find the greatest number of people that they may invite and still stay within their budget.

User Jmetcalfe
by
8.2k points

2 Answers

6 votes

Let x = greatest number of people they can invite , then:-

35 x + 100 ≤ 4500

35x ≤ 4400

x ≤ 125.7

so the answer is 125 people

User Bassam Qarib
by
8.0k points
5 votes
What I did was I subtracted 4500 minus 500 because it was a fee then I divide 4400 by 35 and I got 125 people.
User Ketan Vijayvargiya
by
7.9k points
Welcome to QAmmunity.org, where you can ask questions and receive answers from other members of our community.

9.4m questions

12.2m answers

Categories