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
a. Choose a variable to represent the money earned during fundraising activities and the revenue generated
for the foundation
b. Use these variables to create an equation that will determine the amount of money the foundation will
receive
c. In their latest bake sale, the club raised $72. Calculate the amount the foundation will receive
d. 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

a. Let the variable be
`x` for the fundraising activities and
`M` as the revenue for foundation.

b.
`M =0.60x`

c. $43.2

d. $1416.67

Explanation:

Given that:

The World Issues club donates 60% of the total of their fundraising activities.

Answer a.

Let us choose the variable
`x` to represent the money earned during fundraising activities and
`M` for the revenue generated for foundation.

Answer b.

Foundation will receive 60% of the total of the fundraising activities.

Equation to determine the money that will be received by foundation:

`M = 60\%\ of\ x\\OR\\M = 0.6x`

Answer c.

Given that x = $72, M = ?

Putting the value of x in the equation above:

`M = 0.6 * 72\\\Rightarrow \$43.2`

Answer d.

Given that M = $850, x = ?

Putting the value of M in the equation above to find x:

`850= 0.6 * x\\\Rightarrow x = (850)/(0.6)\\\Rightarrow x = \$ 1416.67`

So, the answers are:

a. Let the variable be
`x` for the fundraising activities and
`M` as the revenue for foundation.

b.
`M =0.60x`

c. $43.2

d. $1416.67