Question

Mark and Heather Starr are celebrating their 25th anniversary by having a reception at a local reception hall. They have budgeted for $2,000.00 for their reception if the reception hall charges a flat $80.00 cleanup fee, plus $38.00 per person, find the greatest number of people they can invite and still stay within their budget

Answer 1

Mark and Heather Starr can invite a maximum of 50 people to their reception to stay within their $2,000 budget after accounting for an $80 cleanup fee and $38 per person charge.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question asks us to calculate the greatest number of people Mark and Heather Starr can invite to their 25th anniversary reception while staying within a $2,000 budget, taking into account an $80 cleanup fee and a $38 per person charge by the reception hall.

First, we need to subtract the flat cleanup fee from the total budget:

$2,000 - $80 = $1,920

Next, we divide the remaining budget by the cost per person to find out how many people they can invite:

$1,920 ÷ $38 = 50.5263

Since they cannot invite a fraction of a person, we'll take the whole number that fits into the budget, which is 50 people.