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your school is sponsoring a pancake dinner to raise money for a field trip. You estimate that 200 adults and 250 children will attend. let x represent the cost an adults ticket and y represent the cost of a child's ticket. solve 200x+250y=3800 explain how you would solve it the explain how you would graph the line

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Equation is: 200x + 250y = 3800
Put x = 0
then 250y = 3800
y = 3800 / 250
y = 15.2

Now, Put y = 0
200x = 3800
x = 3800/200
x = 19

So, the coordinates are: (19, 0) & (0, 15.2)
We will mark those coordinates & draw the line from origin. Graph is done

Hope this helps!
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