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A thrill ride at an amusement park holds a maximum of 12 people per ride.
a. Write and solve an inequality to find the least number of rides needed for 15,000 people
b. Do you think it is possible for 15,000 to ride the thrill ride in 1 day? Explain.

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The equation is 12x = 15,000  and the answer is  x = 125. 125 is how many rides you use so 15,000 people get to ride.

Answer: a) The least number of rides needed for 15000 people is 1250.

b) No

Step-by-step explanation:

Since we have given that

Number of people an amusement park holds = 12 people per ride.

Number of people is needed for the least number of rides = 15000

Let the number of rides be 'x'.

a) So, our inequality will be

[tex]12x<15000\\\\x<\frac{15000}{12}\\\\x<1250[/tex]

Hence, the least number of rides needed for 15000 people is 1250.

b) Do you think it is possible for 15,000 to ride the thrill ride in 1 day? Explain.

Since there is 1250 rides, and

If we assume that the amusement park is open for 8 hours.

Then, each ride takes

[tex]\frac{1250}{8\times 60}\\\\=3.47\ minutes[/tex]

But each rides takes atleast 5 minutes.

So, it is not possible to ride the thrill ride in 1 day.

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