Dylan and Dusty plan to take weekly surfing lessons together.

Question

Dylan and Dusty plan to take weekly surfing lessons together. If the 2-hour lessons are $20 per person and they plan to spend $200 each on new surfboards, what is the maximum number of lessons the two can take if the total amount spent for lessons and surfboards is at most $640?

Answer 1

Hello Meg!

Let's first think about how much they are going to spend.

They are going to spend 640 dollars.

They are both going to spend 200 dollars on surfboards.

That means you have to multiply 200 times 2 which is 400.

Lets start an equation with that.

640= 400

If lessons are 20 dollars per person we need to multiply it by 2 as well.

So lets add that to our equation.

640= 400+ 40x

The x stands for the amount of lessons.

Let's solve now

640= 400+ 40x

-400 -400

240= 40x

240/40 40x/40

6=x

So they can take a maximum of 6 lessons.

I hope this helps you!

Answer 2

Hello, Meg.

Starting with their $640 budget, subtract out the two surfboards at $200 each.

The remainder is what they can spend on lessons at $20 per two hour lesson.

$640

-400

240 left

$240/$20 = 12 2-hour lessons at $20 each

Bob