Question

Paula is the student council member responsible for planning an outdoor student dinner dance. Plans include

hiring a band and buying and serving dinner. She wants to keep the ticket price as low as possible to encourage
student attendance while still covering the cost of the band and the food.
1.) Band A charges $700 to play for the evening and Band B charges $550 plus $1.50 per student.
a. Write a system of equations to represent the costs of the two bands. Use y for total cost and use x for
number of students.

Answer 1

Band A:y=700

Band B:y=550+1.50x

Explanation:

Band A: since they are a fixed rate no matter how many students the equation would be y=700 . There is no need for x since there is no extra price for students

Band B: Since this band charges 550 plus 1.50 per student we will need a x in our equation

y=550+1.50x

The difference between the two equations is that in Band B we need to add the price per student.