Question

The high school tennis team is selling tennis balls to raise $500 for new equipment.They sell the balls for $2 each.

4).How many cases of tennis balls does the tennis team have to sell in order to raise enough money for new equipment.


5).Write and solve the hidden questions you need to answer before finding the answer to exercise 4


There are 24 tennis case and 3 tennis balls in each


Please help me solve this.

Answer 1

84 cases

Explanation:

The amount of money need to be raised = $ 500

Selling price of each ball = $2

1 Tennis case = 3 balls.

Earnings = Selling Price of each ball x Number of balls sold

Quantity sold = Earnings / Selling Price of each ball

Quantity sold = $ 500 / $ 2 = 250 balls

Using direct proportions

1 case = 3 balls

? cases = 250 balls

No.cases = 250 balls / 3 balls = 83.333

Note: Minimum number of cases required are 83.3333 to earn $ 500; however, we can not sell 0.3333 number of cases, hence, we will sell atleast 84 cases.