Joe is responsible for reserving hotel rooms for a company trip. His company changes plans and increases how many people are going on the trip, so they need at least 50 total rooms.
Joe had already reserved and paid for 16 rooms, so he needs to reserve additional rooms. He can only reserve rooms in blocks, and each block contains 8 rooms and costs $900.
Let B represent the number of additional blocks that Joe reserves.
1) Which inequality describes this scenario?
Choose 1 answer:
16 + 8B ≤ 50
16 + 8B ≥ 50
16+B≤50
16 + B ≥ 50
2) What is the least amount of additional money Joe can spend to get the rooms they need?
dollars