Question

The Fairy Tale Spectacular is coming to town. Admission to the fair costs $32.50 and each ride costs $0.80. You have $50 to spend at the Fairy Tale Spectacular including admission. What is the maximum number of rides you can enjoy?

Answer 1

21 rides

Explanation:

let x = number of rides you can ride

32.50 + 0.80x
`\leq` 50

subtract 32.50 from both sides

0.8x
`\leq` 17.5

divide the left and right by 0.8

x
`\leq` 21.875

this means you can ride 21 times, because you can't ride a ride unless you can afford the whole cost

how to check; 32.50 + 0.8(21) is 49.30 and 80 cents more would go over your 50 dollar spending limit