Question

The 2015 senior class from Puma High School raised funds for an end of the year party at Club Sizzle. If costs $4,000 to rent out Club Sizzle plus $20 per student for food and drinks. If the senior class raised $11,000, how many students can attend the end of year party?

Answer 1

$11,000-$4,000=$7,000
$7,000/$20=350
350 students can attend the end of the year party

Answer 2

There are 350 students that will be able to go to the party

Explanation:

First we must analyze the statement and build a equation based on that, for do that, we will divide the statement a take the information.

1. The 2015 senior class raised funds of $11,000: we will represent this incomes with with a T, so:

T = 11,000

2. The cost to rent out the club sizzle is $4,000 and we will represent this cost with a C, so:

C = 4000

3. The cost per students is $ 20 and we will represent this with a S, then:

S = 20

The question is: how many students can attend, to the party so, we will form the equation:

C + S*X = T

Where X is the number of students that can attend to the party. This equation means that the cost of the club plus 20 dollars per person have to be equal to 11,000.

Replacing values of T, C and S, we get:

$4,000 + $20*X = $11,000

Now, we will solve for X

20*X = 11000-4000

X = (11000-4000)/20

X = 350

Finally, 350 students will be able to go to the party.