SOLUTION: dennis and nancy woods are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary by having a reception at a local hotel. they have budgeted $3000 for their reception. if the hotel charges a $

Question 1068053: dennis and nancy woods are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary by having a reception at a local hotel. they have budgeted $3000 for their reception. if the hotel charges a $50.00 cleanup fee plus $34 per person, find the greatest number of people that they may invite and still stay within their budget.
Answer by jorel1380(3719) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let n be the number of attendees. Then:
50+34n<3000
34n<2950
86 Thus Dennis and Nancy can invite a maximum of 86 guests (84 if you count Dennis and Nancy themselves.) ☺☺☺☺
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