William
and Debra
Pierce
are celebrating their 20 th
anniversary by having a reception at a local reception hall. They have budgeted $ 2 comma 000
for their reception. If the reception hall charges a $ 90
cleanup fee plus $ 35
per person, find the greatest number of people that they may invite and still stay within their budget.
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Part 1
William
and Debra
can invite at most enter your response here
people to the reception.
(Round down to the nearest whole person.)
To find the greatest number of people they can invite and stay within their budget, we first need to subtract the cleanup fee from their budget:
$2,000 - $90 = $1,910
Now, we divide the remaining budget by the cost per person to find the maximum number of people they can invite:
$1,910 / $35 = 54.57 (approx)
Since we need to round down to the nearest whole person, the greatest number of people they can invite is 54.