Question

The football team would like to purchase tickets to see a U of M football game. StubHub is charging $45 per ticket along with a handling fee of $4 per ticket. The shipping charge for all of the tickets is a flat fee of $20. How many players can attend the game if their budget is $1500? Write and solve an inequality that models this situation

Answer 1

Answer: Let x be the number of players who can attend the game. The total cost for the tickets is $45 per ticket * x tickets + $4 per ticket * x tickets + $20 flat fee = $49x + $20. We can write this as an inequality as follows:

49x + 20 <= 1500

To solve this inequality, we need to isolate the x term on one side of the inequality. We can do this by subtracting 20 from both sides:

49x <= 1480

Then, we can divide both sides by 49 to find the value of x:

x <= 30

Thus, if their budget is $1500, the football team can purchase tickets for at most 30 players to attend the game.

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