A corporate team-building event costs $2, plus an additional $2 per attendee. How many attendees can there be, at most, of the budget for the corporate team-building event is $26?

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Quincy Haynes

27 May, 11:51

A corporate team-building event costs $2, plus an additional $2 per attendee. How many attendees can there be, at most, of the budget for the corporate team-building event is $26?

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Finley Trujillo · Answer 1

12

Step-by-step explanation:

The cost for n attendees will be ...

cost = 2 + 2n

We want the cost to be, at most, 26, so we have ...

26 ≥ 2 + 2n

Dividing by 2 gives ...

13 ≥ 1 + n

And subtracting 1, we find the answer:

12 ≥ n

At most, there can be 12 attendees.