Question

1) Devin wants to play lazer tag for his birthday. He is comparing the cost of two companies. Lazer Zone charges $50 for parties, and an additional $10 per guest. Fun Palace charges $90 for parties, and an additional $6 per guest. For how many guests is the cost of both companies the same?

Answer 1

10 guests

Explanation:

Devin wants to play lazer tag for his birthday. He is comparing the cost of two companies.

Let us represent additional guests = g

Lazer Zone charges $50 for parties, and an additional $10 per guest.

=$50 + $10 × g

50 + 10g

For fun place

Fun Palace charges $90 for parties, and an additional $6 per guest.

= $90 + $6 × g

90 + 6g

For how many ?

We equate both Equations together

= 50 + 10g = 90 + 6g

Collect like terms

10g - 6g = 90 - 50

4g = 40

g = 40/4

g = 10

Hence, g = 10 guests

Therefore, the number of guests for which the cost of both companies is the same is 10 guests