Question

James and Bethany Morrison are celebrating their 10th anniversary by having a reception at a local reception hall. They have budgeted $3,500 for their reception. If the reception hall

charges a $50 cleanup fee plus $32 per person, find the greatest number of people that they may invite and still stay within their budget.
James and Bethany can invite at most people to the reception.
(Round down to the nearest whole person.),

Answer 1

107

Explanation:

You have $3,450 to work with and you divide that by 32, which is the cost per person, and you come up with 107.8... You can round up to 108, but you risk(because you are) being over budget.

Answer 2

Explanation:

James and Bethany Morrison are celebrating their 10th anniversary by having a reception at a local reception hall. They have budgeted $3,500 for their reception. If the reception hall charges a $50 cleanup fee plus $32 per person, find the greatest number of people that they may invite and still stay within their budget. James and Bethany can invite at most people to the reception. (Round down to the nearest whole person).

3,500 = 32p + 50

subtract 50 from both sides:

3,450 = 32p

divide both sides by 32:

p = 107.8125

because you cannot invite part of a person, round down to 107 people.