SOLUTION: A class of 42 students and 2 trachers plan a trip on an observatory. The class has raised $485 for the trip. Admission is $5 per person and bus rental is $230. With the remaining m

Question 363357: A class of 42 students and 2 trachers plan a trip on an observatory. The class has raised $485 for the trip. Admission is $5 per person and bus rental is $230. With the remaining money, the class can invite guests to fill in the remaining seats on the bus. Write and solve an equarion to find thenumber of guests(g) the class can invite
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
485=5*44 +5x +230
485=220+230+5x
485-450=5x
35=5x
x=7
7 guests can be invited.
the equation will be 5x+450=485
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