Selene wants to invite some friends to go with her to see the el control concert. she will purchase tickets online for $42.50 each plus a $5 handling fee. if selene has $250, how many tickets can she buy? write and solve an inequality to model the situation. a 42.50x+5≤250 5 tickets b 42.5x+5≥250 6 tickets c 42.50x+5≥250 5 tickets d 42.50x+5≤250 6 tickets

The price of each ticket is $42.50. So if Selene buys x tickets, the cost of x tickets will be 42.50x.

She has to pay $5 handling fee as well for purchasing the tickets online. So her total cost of the tickets will be:

Total Cost = 42.50x + 5

Selene got $250. This means she can spend a maximum of $250 on the tickets. Maximum of $250 means less than or equal to $250.

So, we can write the spending on the tickets in the form of following in equality:

42.50x + 5 ≤ 250

42.50x ≤ 245

x ≤ 5.76

This shows, Selene can buy 5.76 tickets. Since the number of tickets has to be a whole number we look for the nearest possible number. She cannot buy 6 tickets, as the cost will exceed $250. So the maximum tickets she can buy are 5.

Therefore, the correct answer is option A