Maggie is planning a -day trip to a family reunion.

She wants to spend no more than.

Her plane ticket is , and the hotel is per night.

a.

Let represent the cost of food for one day.

Write an inequality.

The cost of the food for one day is .

For days, the cost of the food is .

The plane ticket costs .

For a -day stay in the hotel, it costs.

Total cost for a -day trip is .

Maggie wants to spend no more than.

Therefore, the ineqality is .

b.

Solve the inequality.

                            (Original inequality)

          (Subtract from each side)

                            (Apply additive inverse property: )

                                       (Subtract: )

                                   (Divide each side by )

                                           (Cancel common terms)

Therefore, Maggie can spend no more than per day on food.

a. The ineqality is .

b. Maggie can spend no more than per day on food.