Question

Members of a baseball team raised $1479.25 to go to a tournament. They rented a bus

for $800.50 and budgeted $45.25 per player for meals. Write and solve an equation

which can be used to determine p, the number of players the team can bring to the

tournament.

PLEASE HELP FAST ITS FOR A TEST

Answer 1

The equation is:
`800.5 + 45.25p \leq 1479.25`

The team can bring at most 15 players to the tournament.

Explanation:

They rented a bus for $800.50 and budgeted $45.25 per player for meals.

This means that the cost for bringing p players is given by:

`C(p) = 800.5 + 45.25p`

Members of a baseball team raised $1479.25 to go to a tournament.

This means that:

`C(p) \leq 1479.25`

So

`800.5 + 45.25p \leq 1479.25`

`45.25p \leq 1479.25 - 800.5`

`p \leq (1479.25 - 800.5)/(45.25)`

`p \leq 15`

The team can bring at most 15 players to the tournament.