Question

a school spent 150$ on advertising for a breakfast fundraiser each plate of food was sold for 8.00$ but cost the school 2.00$ to prepare after all expenses were paid the school raised 2,400$ at the fundraiser . which equation can be used to find x the number of plates that were sold?

Answer 1

375 plates were sold

Explanation:

$2400 (profit) - $150 (advertising) = $6 (profit per plate $8 cost - $2 expense) times x

2400 - 150 = 6x

Simplify the left side: 2400 - 150 = 2250

2250 = 6x

Divide both sides by 6

2250/6 = 375