Question

Trevor and Michael are hosting a banquet. They plan to spend $400, plus or minus $50, at a cost of $25 per guest. Solve |25x-400| = 50 to find the maximum and minimum number of guests. If there can be up to 7 guests at each table, what is the minimum number of tables Trevor and Michael should reserve so that every guest has a seat?

Answer 1

to find the max number of guests:

25x-400 = 50

25x = 50 + 400

25x + 450

then divide

x = 450/25

x = 18

to find the min number of guests:

25x = 400 - 50

25x = 350

then divide

x = 350/25

x = 14

Minimum number of tables reserved:

is dividing the max/7 per table

x = 18/7

x = 3

Explanation: