Ms. hernandez has 100 to spend on parking and admission to the zoo. The park will cost $7 and admission tickets will cost $15.50

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Ms. hernandez has 100 to spend on parking and admission to the zoo. The park will cost $7 and admission tickets will cost $15.50

per person,include tax. Write and solve and equation that can be used to determine the number of people that she can bring to the zoo, including herself.

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Firdavs [7] · Answer 1 · 2022-05-25T18:08:47+03:00

Firdavs [7]3 years ago

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Number of people < (should be smaller than or equal to but I don't have that button on my keyboard) (100-7) / 15.50

103/15.50 = 6.64516...
You can't have .645 of a person, so you must round down. Therefore, she can bring 6 people including herself.