The student council wants to rent a chocolate fountain for an overnight dance-a-thon. their budget allows them to spend a maximum of $250 on the chocolate fountain rental. a party rental store has a fountain available for $30 an hour after a deposit of $125. if x represents the number of hours, which inequality represents the situation?

$125 is a "must budget" so it will be the constant in the inequality

The fountain is $30 per hour. If they spend x hours, then their budget for fountain will be
fountain = 30x

The inequality
Their budget is maximum $250, that means they are able to spend less than or equal to $250
constant + fountain ≤ 250
125 + 30x ≤ 250
This is the inequality expression