Question

Gavin has $20 to spend at an arcade. He spends $8.75 on lunch and plans to use the rest of his money on game tickets. Each game ticket costs $1.25. The inequality 1.25t+8.75 ≤20 can be used to find t, the number of game tickets Gavin can buy. What is the solution to this inequality?

Answer 1

Answer: 9 tickets

Step-by-step explanation: you have to subtract the $8.75 from lunch and then divide it by $1.25 to see the maximum quantity of tickets he can purchase with his remaining money