Question

A tour company has a boat that sits at most 40 passengers. For a cruise on the Hudson River they charge $12 per adult and $5 per child. They will only take the boat out if they have sold at least $250 worth of tickets. Let a be the number of adults who take the cruise and c be the number of children. Will they take the boat out if they 14 adults and 9 children buy tickets? Justify.

Answer 1

No

Explanation:

For the adults:

$12 times the 14 adults which is: $168

Then for the kids:

$5 times the 9 kids which is: $45

Add next:

$168 plus the $45 equals $213

A(14)+b(5)=c