Two airlines offer special group rates to your school’s Spanish Club for a trip to Mexico City. Mexican Air airline offers a round trip airfare of $250 per person. Fiesta airline offers a round trip airfare of $150 per person if the club agrees to pay a one-time group rate processing fee of $1,000.

A Which airline offers the better deal if only nine students from the Spanish Club are able to fly to Mexico City? Explain your reasoning.

B Find the number of students for which the total costs are the same. Explain how you determined the number of students.