Question

The World Issues club has decided to donate 60% of all their fundraising activities this year to Stephen Lewis Foundation. This foundation was created to help ease the pain of HIV/AIDS in Africa. Lewis, a Canadian, works for the United Nations trying to determine ways to stop the spread of this deadly disease from crippling an entire continent.

Choose a variable to represent the money earned during fundraising activities and the revenue generated for the foundation
Use these variables to create an equation that will determine the amount of money the foundation will receive.
In their latest bake sale, the club raised $72. Calculate the amount the foundation will receive.
At the end of the year, the World Issues Club mailed a cheque to the foundation for $850. How much money did they fundraise in total?

Answer 1

y=0.6x

(a)$43.20

(b)$1416.67

Explanation:

Let the amount raised during the fundraising activity= x

Let the amount the foundation will receive =y

The club donates 60% to the foundation.

Therefore, the amount of money the foundation will receive

y=60% 0f x

y=0.6x

(a) If the club raised $72

x=$72

y=0.6*72

The amount of money the foundation will receive, y=$43.20

(b)If the foundation received a cheque of $850

y=$850

Therefore:

850=0.6x

x=850/0.6

x=$1416.67

The club raised $1416.67 in total for the year.