Pine Bluff Middle School is having its annual Spring Fling dance, which will cost $400/$400$400dollar sign, 400. The student treasurer reported that the dance fund has $75/$75$75dollar sign, 75 left over from last year. Each ticket to the dance costs $4/$4$4dollar sign, 4.

Let t represent the number of tickets sold. Write an inequality to determine how many tickets must be sold to pay for this year's dance.

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Houston Mercado

20 October, 06:53

Pine Bluff Middle School is having its annual Spring Fling dance, which will cost $400/$400$400dollar sign, 400. The student treasurer reported that the dance fund has $75/$75$75dollar sign, 75 left over from last year. Each ticket to the dance costs $4/$4$4dollar sign, 4.

Let t represent the number of tickets sold. Write an inequality to determine how many tickets must be sold to pay for this year's dance.

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Dennis Boone · Answer 1

First you subtract the current fund from the total cost

400 - 75

=325

Then divide 325 by the price of the tickets 4, for the number of tickets needed

325/4

=81.25

since you can't sell a quarter of a ticket, 81.25 is rounded up to 82

x ≤ 82