Question

Admission to the fair costs $7.75. Each ride costs you $0.50. You have $15 to spend at the fair including admission. Wrtie an inequality to best model this situation.

Answer 1

$7.75+0.5x\leq15\text{ Inequality}$

Explanation

Step 1

Let x represents the numbers of rides you can take

so,

Admission to the fair costs $7.75. Each ride costs you $0.50. You have $15 to spend at the fair including admission

$\begin{gathered} \text{total spent=7.75+0.5x} \\ \end{gathered}$

but, you only have $15. so the total spent must be equal or less than $15

$\begin{gathered} \text{total spent}\leq15 \\ \text{replace} \\ 7.75+0.5x\leq15\text{ Inequality} \end{gathered}$

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