William

Question

and Debra

Pierce

are celebrating their 20 th

anniversary by having a reception at a local reception hall. They have budgeted $ 2 comma 000

for their reception. If the reception hall charges a $ 90

cleanup fee plus $ 35

per​ person, find the greatest number of people that they may invite and still stay within their budget.
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Part 1
William

and Debra

can invite at most enter your response here

people to the reception.
​(Round down to the nearest whole​ person.)

Answer 1

To find the greatest number of people they can invite and stay within their budget, we first need to subtract the cleanup fee from their budget:

$2,000 - $90 = $1,910

Now, we divide the remaining budget by the cost per person to find the maximum number of people they can invite:

$1,910 / $35 = 54.57 (approx)

Since we need to round down to the nearest whole person, the greatest number of people they can invite is 54.