The Wedding Planner

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The Wedding Planner
Webquest Solving systems of equations
By J Patterson
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His Mom and Dad And Her Mom and Dad Request you
presence at the marriage of their children on
March 23, 2006 at 730 pm at the Rock Church on
the Corner. Reception to follow. RSVP requested
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You and your Fiancé have finally set the date and
chosen the dress and his tux. Youve reserved
the church and sent out the invitations. Its
finally going to happen! This is so exciting!
You want all the people important to you to
participate in the event! But you cant decide
how many bridesmaids and groomsmen you will have.
You do know that there will be 4 ushers involved
in the ceremony. THE PRESSURE IS BUILDING!!!
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Your always-favorite uncle, Uncle Truman sent you
a check as soon as he got his wedding invitation.
He stated in the note accompanying the check for
10,000 that he wants to help make this day
special and would like to pay for dresses and
tuxes for the wedding party and cover the
honeymoon.
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Since you have already bought the bridal gown and
the grooms tux, this will mean that you must
order dresses for each bridesmaid and tuxes for
the groomsmen and ushers. You and your intended
have decided that the honeymoon will be the trip
of a lifetime. You have set aside 7,000 for the
honeymoon trip.
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You have located 2 bridal shops online that both
have great dresses and a really great tuxedo
store. So first you must choose the garments for
the wedding. Use the links below to make your
choices.
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Now all you must do is choose the number of
bridesmaid and groomsmen for which you will need
to order.
To do this you will solve a system of equations
related to the problem.
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• Hints
• One of the equations will describe the
  relationship between the number of tuxes needed
  and the number of bridesmaid dresses needed.
• The other equation will describe the relationship
  between the cost of the garments and the total
  you are willing to invest.

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Of course, in your Thank You note to Uncle Truman
you will write an explanation of what you have
done to solve the dilemma and what the final
results were. List how many bridesmaids,
groomsmen and ushers will be in the wedding and
which dresses and tuxes were chosen as well as
the cost of each.