SOLUTION: a water park charges $12 dollars for admission and $5 for parking. Write an inequality to represent the possible number of people that could go for $50 assuming they take one vehic

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Question 1106635: a water park charges $12 dollars for admission and $5 for parking. Write an inequality to represent the possible number of people that could go for $50 assuming they take one vehicle. I’ve already tried solving it normally but I don’t really get an answer from it. Could you help? thanks!
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, amalm06:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39621) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x, number of people
y, cost
y=mx%2Bb, m will be PRICE for each person and b will be the fixed price for parking;

x, must be of WHOLE numbers only!

system%28m=12%2Cb=5%2Cy=50%29

But you may want an inequality.

y%3C=50;

highlight%2812x%2B5%3C=50%29-----if you got this far then you should have no trouble the rest of the way.

Answer by amalm06(224) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let p represent the number of people
Then 12p+5≤50
12p≤45
p ≤ 45/12
p ≤ 3 (Answer)