Question

Tia is planning a sailing party for her friends. The boat rental is $150 plus an

additional $15 per person. Tia has saved up $400 dollars. What is the
maximum number of people that can go sailing?
Identify the inequality to solve and the maximum number of people.

Answer 1

16 people

Explanation:

First subtract the cost of the rental from the amount of money:

$400-$150 = $250

Therefore Tia has $250 to spend for additional people. Then if each person is $15, divide the remaining amount of money by the amount of money per person:

$250/$15 = 16.67

Since you can't have 0.67 of a person she can have 16 people go with her.

This can also be modeled by this inequality:

`150 + 15x \leqslant 400`