Question

jacob’s graduation party costs $22.50 for decorations, plus an additional $5.50 for each attendee. At most, how many attendees can there be if Jacob budgets a total of $50 for his graduation party? Write an equation, solve, and justify your steps. Show your work.

Answer 1

Jacob can have up to 5 guests at his graduation party because 50 - 22.50 is 27.50 and 27.50/5.50 is 5.

Explanation:

To start off you would subtract 22.50 from 50 leaving you with 27.50. From there you would account for the number of attendees. Since 27.50/5.50 equals 5 the maximum amount of guests Jacob can have at his graduation party is 5.

Answer 2

28.00 and yes he is still in his budget

Explanation:

22.50

5.50

............

28.00