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A school is planning an event to raise $1,000 for charity. The cost of organizing the event is $200. The tickets are priced at $6 per child and $8 per adult.

If x children and y adults attend the event, the equation that represents the total revenue that the organizers must collect from ticket sales to raise the targeted amount of $1,000 after paying for the $200 in expenses is . If the event were only for adults, adults would have to attend for the organizers to raise the targeted amount.

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if they already have 200 then the "must collect" 800 to reach 1000
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they need to collect 800
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