Question

A school band has 75 members. The band enters a band competiton at a rival school.1.there are $200 entrance fee each band pluse a $25 entrance fee for each drill team. The competion. has a total of 32 bands and 25 drill teams. write and evaluate an expresion for the total amount of money collected from entrance fees.

Answer 1

The expression that would describe the problem is

200x +25y = M

where x is the number of band

y is the number of drill teams and

M is the total money collected.

If there are 32 bands and 25 drill team, the total money collected ,M woul d be:

M = 200x + 25 y

M = 200 (32) + 25 (25)

M= 6400 + 625

M = $7025

ANSWER:

M = 200x + 25y

M = $ 7025