Question

The chamber choir at Springfield High School is having a banquet dinner, renting out a local community center for the event. It costs $50 to rent the community center and the choir has a budget of $550 for 15 families for a total of 46 people. How much can the chamber choir spend on each person's meal if they plan on spending $2.50 on a gift for each person at the banquet?
46(x +2.5) + 50 = 556

Answer 1

Explicație pas cu pas:

$46(x +2.5) + 50 = 556 \\ 46(x +2.5) = 556 - 50$

$46(x +2.5) = 506$

$x + 2.5 = \dfrac{506}{46}$

$x = 11 - 2.5 \\ \implies x = 8.5$

the cost of each person's meal = $ 8.5