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A thrill ride at a park holds maximum of 12 people per ride.how do you write and solve and inequality to find the least number of rides for 15,000 people??

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use proportions to do the "butterfly method"
A thrill ride at a park holds maximum of 12 people per ride.how do you write and solve-example-1
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12p is at least 15,000 12p divided by 12 is 1p, while 15,000 divided by 12 is 1,250. The final inequality is p must be at least 1,250 rides
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