Question

Fred's birthday party will be in a room at the community center. The room can hold 75 people. He wants to use tables that seat 5 people each. Which inequality can be used to find the maximum number of tables, t, that Fred can use?

Answer 1

75>5t

Explanation:

Here is the information given:

75 is the maximum

5 per table

t is table

So, 75 is greater than or equal to the number of tables.

If 5 is the max seated at a table we know that it will be 5 people per table or 5t

Which gives us 75>5t

Furthermore, when solving we get t=15, when plugging this in the inequality becomes 75>75 which is true.

Hope this helps!