Question

A local band is holding a concert. The price of a ticket to the concert is $15. The band must sell enough tickets to cover at least the $525 cost of renting the gym. Write and solve an inequality to determine how many tickets must be sold to at least cover the cost of the gym.

Answer 1

Answer: 35

Explanation:

Given : A local band is holding a concert. The price of a ticket to the concert is $15.

The band must sell enough tickets to cover at least the $525 cost of renting the gym.

Let the number of tickets sold be represented by x.

Then , the required inequality to determine how many tickets must be sold to at least cover the cost of the gym :-

`15x\leq525`

Divide both sides by 15 , we get

`x\leq(525)/(15)\\\\x\leq35`

Hence, the number of tickets must be sold to at least cover the cost of the gym = 35