Problema Solution

Tom saved $550 to go on a school trip. The cost for a hotel room, including tax, is $80 per night. Write an inequality to show the number of nights Tom can stay at the hotel.

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let 'n' represent the number of nights Tom can stay at the hotel


550 >= 80d

d <= 550/80 = 6.875


since we assume he can not stay a fraction of a night, the maximum number of nights Tom can afford to stay is 6