the zoo needed to raise $25,000. zoo officials decided to do dinner/dance event and charged $300 per couple. what is the fewest number of people that would need to attend in order for the goal to be meet?

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dangerousjesse · Answer

Omg so many fake photos. Just solve for x and round down to the nearest whole number. $$25,000\div300=x$$

anonymous · Answer

0.012?

anonymous · Answer

....
83.33......... and so on what i got

kanwal32 · Answer

see if for one couple he is charging 300$ so for so to collect 25000$ he will need 25000/300 so 81 couples

kanwal32 · Answer

so he cannot call 83.3333 couples so he needs to call 81 couples

anonymous · Answer

so how many people?
do i divide by two cause it couples and it says how many people

dangerousjesse · Answer

No, he needs to call 84.

kanwal32 · Answer

y

dangerousjesse · Answer

He's aiming for a minimum of 25000 dollars, so he needs to go over 83.3

kanwal32 · Answer

oh sorry

dangerousjesse · Answer

The closest whole number to 83.3 is 84.

anonymous · Answer

wrong!

kanwal32 · Answer

84 (silly mistakes)

kanwal32 · Answer

lol

dangerousjesse · Answer

No, I'm not Sarah. The correct answer is 84.

anonymous · Answer

well A+pls said u wrong

kanwal32 · Answer

i was thinking about something else

dangerousjesse · Answer

Whoever that is is wrong. $$25000\div300=83.333333333$$ There's no such thing as .33333 people, so you'll round up to one whole person. 84.

kanwal32 · Answer

i was saying the same thing but i wrote 81 by mistake

dangerousjesse · Answer

Mind giving me a medal for working this out for you?

kanwal32 · Answer

yes

kanwal32 · Answer

i've given it to @sarah_12

dangerousjesse · Answer

I meant @sarah_12