Question

The student council is planning the school carnival. Each

ticket costs $2.50. Explain how to write an equation that
represents this scenario. Let x represent the number of
tickets sold, and y represent the total amount of money
raised.

Answer 1

y=2.5x

Explanation:

The total amount of money raised(y) = how many tickets are sold(x) x the price per ticket(2.5)

Hypothetically, if 24 tickets were sold, we could substitute 24 into x...

y=2.5(24)

y=60

Answer 2

The required expression is y=0.25x

Explanation:

Consider the provided information.

The student council is planning the school carnival. Each ticket costs $2.50.

Let x represent the number of tickets sold, and y represent the total amount of money raised.

The cost of each ticket is $2.50 then for x number of tickets sold the cost will be:

2.50x

It is given that y represent the total amount of money raised.

Thus, the required expression is y=0.25x