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the student council wants to rent a ballroom for the junior prom. the ballrooms rental rate $1500 for 3 h and $125 for each additional half hour. suppose the student council raises $2125. What is the maximum number of hours for which they can rent the ballroom

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1500= 3h
so the equation would be set up as

1500+125x= 2125

subtract 1500 from both sides and you should be left with

125x=625 divide 125 into both sides and you should get a answer of 5 then add the three hours and your final answer will be 8 hours is the maximum