Question

Mrs hernandez is taking her children and their friends to the movies. She will pay $10 for her adult ticket and $7 for each child ticket. Mrs hernandez does not want to spend more than $40. Which inequality can be used to find c, the number of child tickets Mrs hernandez can purchase

Answer 1

The inequality is

10+7x\leq 4010+7x≤40

Explanation:

Let

x-----> the number of child tickets

we know that

10+7x\leq 4010+7x≤40 -----> inequality that represent the situation

Solve for x

7x\leq 40-107x≤40−10

7x\leq 307x≤30

x\leq 4.3x≤4.3

The maximum number of child tickets is 4