Question

The freshman class is planning a picnic. The cost of a permit to use the park is

$250. To pay for the permit, there is a fee of $.75 for each freshman and $1.25 for
each guest who is not a freshman. Two hundred freshman plan to attend. How many
guests must attend in order to at least pay for the permit? Let g represent the number
of guest attending.

Answer 1

80

Explanation:

Answer 2

Permit : $250
Fee for freshies : $0.75
Fee for non-freshies: 1.25

If you have 200 freshman coming , you would multiply 0.75 X 200= $150

Now how many non-freshies need to show up to meet the $250 permit?

250(permit) - 150= $100

$100 divided by $1.25 = 80 non-freshies would need to show up , enabling to pay the full of the $250 permit fee