For the Hawks' 80 basketball games next year, you can buy separate tickets for each game at $9 each, or you can buy a season ticket for $580. At most how many games could you attend at the $9 price before spending more than the cost of a season ticket?

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Answer 1 · 2018-06-26T07:15:33

64 games

#[$580]/9=64 4/9#
After watching 64 games you would spend less than the season ticket but upon watching the #65^(th)# game you would have paid more.

Answer 2 · 2018-06-26T07:19:46

65

Let #x# be the number of games.

We want to find when #9x<=580#

#(9x)/9<=580/9#

#x<=64+4/9#

#:.# The 65th game is the first one more expensive to buy individually.