Asked by alex

Arnob, Bella, Colin, Dante, and Erin are going to a baseball game. They have a total budget of $100.00 to spend. Each game ticket costs $17.50 and each drink costs $2.00. The inequality below relates x, the number of drinks the 5 friends could buy in all, with their ticket costs and budget.

5 (17.5) + 2 x less-than-or-equal-to 100

Which best describes the restrictions on the number of drinks they can buy?
They can buy only from 0 to 3 drinks, but no more.
They can buy only from 0 to 6 drinks, but no more.
They can buy only from 0 to 7 drinks, but no more.
They can buy only from 0 to 12 drinks, but no more.

All Answers 1

Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
5(17.5) = 87.5, so 87.5 + 2x ≤ 100 → 2x ≤ 12.5 → x ≤ 6.25. Since x is a whole number of drinks and nonnegative, they can buy 0 to 6 drinks.