Question

Ted and his friends want to rent a limousine for the dance. they have $200 to spend. the cost is a flat rate of $125 plus $10 per person. Type and solve inequality to determine how many people they can afford to use the limousine.

Answer 1

7 persons

Step-by-step explanation:

The cost to rent a limousine is a flat rate of $125 plus $10 per person.

If the number of persons that attends = x

Then:

`\text{Cost}=125+10x`

Since they have $200 to spend, it means they can:

• Spend less than $200

,

• Spend exactly $200

The inequality for the problem is thus:

`125+10x\le200`

We solve the inequality for x.

`\begin{gathered} 10x\le200-125 \\ 10x\le75 \\ x\le7.5 \end{gathered}`

Therefore, the number of people they can afford to use the limousine will be 7.