Write an inequality for the situation.
Vijay wants to keep the cost per person at his party under $15. The Party Place charges a flat fee of $250 for an all-inclusive party. Let g represent the number of guests, including himself, he can invite.

Question

Write an inequality for the situation.
Vijay wants to keep the cost per person at his party under $15. The Party Place charges a flat fee of $250 for an all-inclusive party. Let g represent the number of guests, including himself, he can invite.

anonymous · Answer

How can you figure out how much it will cost per person?

directrix · Answer

@lauronda 

The cost of the party is 250.

There are g guests.

Each guest will cost  250/g per person.

The cost must be less than 15 per person.

That means:

250/g  < 15

directrix · Answer

Solve this for g.

250/g < 15