Question

As the student council treasurer, you prepare the budget for your class rafting trip. Each large raft costs $100 to rent and each small raft costs $40 to rent. You have $1,600 to spend. Write and solve a linear equation to find the number of small rafts you can rent if you rent 12 large rafts.

Answer 1

Answer- You can get 10 Small rafts

12 x 100+ 1200

1600-1200=400

400/40 =10 Rafts