Question

The dance committee has a budget of $125 to decorate the gym for the spring dance. They have already spent $65. Some members want to buy helium balloons that cost .80 each. Write and solve and inequality to show the number of balloons that the dance committee could buy.

Answer 1

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

60Divided by 0.8 equals75

Answer 2

Answer:

$0.8n \leqslant 60$

Simplified:

$n \leqslant 75$

Step-by-step explanation:

$125 - 65 = 60$

They have $60 left.

Let n be the number of balloons.

Amount of money spent on n number of balloons:

$0.8n$

Since they do not want to exceed the remaining $60, the inequality will be:

$0.8n \leqslant 60$

Solving it:

$0.2n \leqslant 15$

$n \leqslant 75$