Question

Pam is a wedding planner She is setting up a room to seat at least 100 guests. She has some tables that seat 10 people and some tables that seat 5 people. She only has 10 of the tables that seat 5.

1. Let x = the number of 10-person tables, and y = the number of 5-person tables. Write an inequality to describe the number of tables Pam could set up for the wedding.
2. Write a second inequality based on the fact that there are only 10 tables that seat 5.

Answer 1

1. 10x + 5y ≥ 100

2. y ≤ 10