SOLUTION: A zoo charges admission of 4.75 for adults and 2m75 for children. A grup of 12 peiple paid for addmision with a50 dollar bill. If the group recieved at least 9.00 in change what is
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Question 1108635: A zoo charges admission of 4.75 for adults and 2m75 for children. A grup of 12 peiple paid for addmision with a50 dollar bill. If the group recieved at least 9.00 in change what is the maximum number of adults in the group
Answer by greenestamps(13215) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let x be the number of adults in the group; then the number of children is (12-x).
The total cost for the 12 people has to be less than (50-9) = 41.
(I just multiplied by 4 to get rid of the decimals...)
The maximum possible number of adults is 4.
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