Julie has $250 to plan the party.
The room costs $175 to reserve plus $1.25 per person for food and drinks.
Let "x" represent the number of people she can invite, you can express the total cost for the party as follows:
[tex]175+1.25x\leq250[/tex]
From this expression, we can determine the number of people she can invite, without exceeding the $250 budget.
The first step is to pass 175 to the right side of the expression by applying the opposite operation "-175" to both sides of it:
[tex]\begin{gathered} 175-175+1.25x\leq250-175 \\ 1.25x\leq75 \end{gathered}[/tex]
Next, divide both sides of the equation by 1.25 to reach the value of x:
[tex]\begin{gathered} \frac{1.25x}{1.25}\leq\frac{75}{1.25} \\ x\leq60 \end{gathered}[/tex]
She can invite up to 60 people to the party
