Question

Kevin has at most $30 to spend at the fair. The entrance fee is $5.50 and each activity is $1.25.

Answer 1

Given:

Entrance fee = $5.50

Additional fee =  $1.25 for each activity.

Total amount spend at fair = $30

To find:

The equation that represents the problem.

Solution:

Let the number of activities be $x$.

Additional fee for 1 activity = $\ 1.25$

Additional fee for x activity = $\ 1.25x$

Total fee = Entrance fee + Additional fee for x activity

               = $\ 5.50 + \ 1.25x$

It is given that Kevin has at most $30 to spend at the fair. So, total fee must be equal to $30.

$\ 5.50 + \ 1.25x=\ 30$

$5.50+1.25x=30$

Therefore, the require equation is $5.50+1.25x=30$.

Note: The inequality for the given problem is $5.50+1.25x\leq 30$.