Question

Your family is going on vacation to Disney. It will cost your family $987 to travel there, plus $150 per day for tickets into the park. What is the greatest number of days you can stay at Disney while staying within their $3500 budget?

Answer 1

Explanation:

Equation: 987 + 150x = 3500

x represents the number of days the family is staying at the park.

Solve.

Subtract 987 from both sides:

`150x = 2513`

Divide each side by 150:

`x= 16.75`

16.75 is decreased to 16, it's impossible to stay for 16.75 days.

The family can stay in the park for 16 days.

Answer 2

They can stay 16 days.

Explanation:

3500 - 987 = 2,513

2,513 divided by 150 = 16.7

*They can't stay 16.7 days, so you have to round down. Rounding up will go out of their budget.*

Checking answer:

16 x 150 = 2,400

2,400 + 987 = $3,387

- I'm sure this isn't how your teacher wants you to solve it but this is just how I solved it, I hope this helps!