Vanessa has a $900 travel and lodging budget for her vacation. She found round-trip plane tickets for x dollars total, a hotel for y dollars per night, and free shuttle service between the airport and the hotel. If she plans to stay at the hotel for 5 nights, and she spends less than what she budgeted on travel and lodging, which of the following inequalities best describes the scenario?Choose 1 answer:(A) x+5 y>900 (B) 5 x+y>900 (C) x+5 y<900 (D) 5 x+y<900
Q. Vanessa has a $900 travel and lodging budget for her vacation. She found round-trip plane tickets for x dollars total, a hotel for y dollars per night, and free shuttle service between the airport and the hotel. If she plans to stay at the hotel for 5 nights, and she spends less than what she budgeted on travel and lodging, which of the following inequalities best describes the scenario?Choose 1 answer:(A) x+5y>900(B) 5x+y>900(C) x+5y<900(D) 5x+y<900
Identify variables and meanings: Identify the variables and their meanings. Vanessa's total budget for travel and lodging is $900. The cost of the round-trip plane tickets is represented by x dollars, and the cost of the hotel per night is represented by y dollars. Vanessa plans to stay at the hotel for 5 nights. We need to express the total cost of the plane tickets and the hotel stay in terms of x and y.
Calculate hotel stay cost: Calculate the total cost of the hotel stay. Since Vanessa is staying for 5 nights and the hotel costs y dollars per night, the total cost for the hotel stay is 5 times y, which is 5y dollars.
Combine costs for total travel and lodging: Combine the costs of the plane tickets and the hotel stay to find the total travel and lodging cost. The total cost is the sum of the plane tickets cost x and the hotel stay cost 5y, which gives us x+5y dollars.
Formulate budget inequality: Formulate the inequality based on Vanessa's budget. Vanessa wants to spend less than her budget of $900 on travel and lodging. Therefore, the total cost of travel and lodging, which is x+5y, must be less than $900. The inequality that represents this situation is x + 5y < 900.
Match correct inequality: Match the correct inequality with the given choices. The inequality we have found is x + 5y < 900, which corresponds to choice (C).
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