Your high school is having a spring carnival. Admission into the carnival is $3 and each game inside the carnival costs $.50. Write an inequality that represents the possible number of games that can be played having $20. What is the maximum number of games that can be played?

Question

Your high school is having a spring carnival.  Admission into the carnival is $3 and each game inside the carnival costs $.50.  Write an inequality that represents the possible number of games that can be played having $20.  What is the maximum number of games that can be played?

Reiny · Answer

let the number of games played be x .5x+ 3 ≤ 20 .5x ≤ 17 x ≤ 34 max number of games is 34 check: What is the cost of 34 games plus the admission?