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The math class is selling raffle tickets to raise money for the fall ball the raffle tickets cost them $0.08 each at the office supply store and they spent $55 making T-shirts for the club members to wear. they are selling the raffle tickets for two dollars each if X represents the number of raffle tickets they sell ,the following functions can be used to present the situation where c(x) is the clubs cost and r(x) is the amount of money they make selling the tickets

The math class is selling raffle tickets to raise money for the fall ball the raffle-example-1
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We have the next information

x is the number of raffle tickets

the Profit function is R(x) function minus C(x)

C(x)=0.08x+55

R(x)=2x

P(x)=R(x)-C(x)=2x-(0.08x+55)=2x-0.08x-55

We sum similar terms

P(x)=1.92x-55

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