Question

A thrill ride at an amusement park holds a maximum of 12 people per ride.

Answer 1

The equation is 12x = 15,000  and the answer is  x = 125. 125 is how many rides you use so 15,000 people get to ride.

Answer 2

Answer: a) The least number of rides needed for 15000 people is 1250.

b) No

Step-by-step explanation:

Since we have given that

Number of people an amusement park holds = 12 people per ride.

Number of people is needed for the least number of rides = 15000

Let the number of rides be 'x'.

a) So, our inequality will be

$12x$

Hence, the least number of rides needed for 15000 people is 1250.

b) Do you think it is possible for 15,000 to ride the thrill ride in 1 day? Explain.

Since there is 1250 rides, and

If we assume that the amusement park is open for 8 hours.

Then, each ride takes

$\frac{1250}{8\times 60}\\\\=3.47\ minutes$

But each rides takes atleast 5 minutes.

So, it is not possible to ride the thrill ride in 1 day.