Question

Marlon's TV plan costs $52.48 per month plus $6.29 per first-run movie. How many first-run movies can he watch if he wants to keep his monthly bill to be a maximum of $104?

Answer 1

If x represents the number of first-run movies

The information can be interpreted as

$52.48+6.29x\le104$

This can be solved as shown below:

$\begin{gathered} 6.29x\le104-52.48 \\ 6.29x\le51.52 \\ x\le\frac{51.52}{6.29} \\ x\le8.19 \\ x\le8 \end{gathered}$

Hence, the number of first-run movies that can be watched is 8