The student council wants to rent a chocolate fountain for an overnight dance-a-thon. Their budget allows them to spend a maximu
m of $250 on the chocolate fountain rental. A party rental store has a fountain available for $30 an hour after a deposit of $125. If x represents the number of hours, which inequality represents the situation?
$125 is a "must budget" so it will be the constant in the inequality
The fountain is $30 per hour. If they spend x hours, then their budget for fountain will be fountain = 30x
The inequality Their budget is maximum $250, that means they are able to spend less than or equal to $250 constant + fountain ≤ 250 125 + 30x ≤ 250 <em>This is the inequality expression</em>
