Question

Melissa runs a dog-boarding service. The cost to board a dog for one day is $25.00. If the same dog owner wants to board their dog for more than one day, the cost is $15.00 per additional day. Jared plans to use Melissa's dog-boarding service, and he budgets to spend no more than $150.00 to board his dog.

Answer 1

8 days

Explanation:

Cost = 25 + 15n

25 + 15n《150

15n《125

n《8.3333333333

At max, 8 days

Answer 2

Answer: 25 + 15x ≤ 150

Step-by-step explanation: For this problem we will write an inequality to represent this situation.

Let x equal each additional day.

25 + 15x ≤ 150

The inequality above states that the dog owner will spend $25 for the first day and then for each additional day the dog owner will spend $15, but is budget is no more than $150 that the dog owner can spend.