Question 1111753: It costs $12.50 to enter an amusement park and $1.50 to play each game. Solve an inequality to find the number of games, g, Cole can play if he has $35 to spend at the park.
Answer by duckness73(47)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Cole has $35 to spend, so his admission to the park ($12.50) plus the number of games that he can play for $1.50 each must be less than or equal to $35. If "g" represents the number of games that Cole can play, then his "game tab" would be 1.5 * g. So, the inequality would be:
Admission + game tab <= 35 ... or
12.50 + (1.5 * g) <= 35
Subtracting 12.5 from each side of the inequality, we have:
1.5 * g <= 22.50
Dividing both sides by 1.5, we have:
g <= 15
So Cole can play 15 games or fewer.
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