Question

A catering business specializes in catering wedding receptions. They charge $400 for setting up the buffet and an additional $7.50 per guest. Mr. and Mrs. Smith want to spend no more than $1600 on the catering. Write and solve an inequality to determine the number of guests that can be invited to the reception.​

Answer 1

x<=160

Explanation:

Step one:

given data

Charges= $400

Additional charges= $7.5 per guest

let the number of guests be x

let the total cost be y

the model for the situation is given as

y=mx+C

Step two:

given that y=1600

we can solve for x as

1600=7.5x+400

1600-400=7.5x

1200=7.5x

divide both sides by 7.5 we have

x=1200/7.5

x=160

Therefore the expected guest should not be more than 160

x<=160