Problema Solution
the school has budgeted 2000 dollars for an end of tear party at the local park. the cost to rent the park shelter is 150 dollars. how much can the student council spend per student on food of each each of the 225 students receives a 3.5 dollar gift? write and sole an equation to represent the real world problem
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225 students receives a 3.5 dollar gift means that there will be:
225*3.5 = $787.5 spent on gifts
the money left for food is: 2000 - (150 + 787.4) = $1,062.6
$1,062.6 will be spent for food for 225 students or per 1 student:
1,062.6/225 = $4.72 per student.
Another was to solve this problem is the following:
let x represent the money spent for food per student:
225x + 225*3.5 + 150 = 2000
by solving the equations we find:
x = $4.72
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