Choose the correct letter. Admission to the fair costs $7.75. Each ride costs you $.50. You have $15 to spend at the fair including admission. Which inequality represents the possible numbers of rides you can ride?

0.5

x

+

7.75

≤

15

Explanation:

If you express the information in words first, it will be easier to write as an inequality.

"The amount of money spent on admission to the fair and on a number of rides which each cost $0.50, must be at most $15"

"At most $15" means $15 exactly or less.

$

7.75

+

$

0.50

*

x

≤

$

15

0.5

x

+

7.75

≤

15

This is the required inequality.

To find the maximum number of possible rides, solve for

x

0.5

x

≤

15

-

7.75

0.5

x

≤

7.25

x

≤

14.5

The most rides that can be done is

14