Ms. Smith’s class raised $525.50 to go on a field trip. They rented a bus for $300 and budgeted $22.75 per student for meals. They will spend all the money they raised. Write and solve an equation that models this situation and could be used to determine the number of students that can go on this trip.

Sandy is upgrading her internet service. fast internet charges $20 for installation and $52.45 per month. quick internet has free installation but charges $57.45 per month. part 1 out of 2 complete the equation that can be used to find the number of months after which the internet service would cost the same. use the variable x to represent the number of months of internet service purchased.