Question

Westside middle school sold raffle tickets as a fundraiser. The tickets were priced at 5 for $20. How many tickets did the school sell if it brought in a revenue of $2,500?

Answer 1

125

Explanation:

2,500/20=125

Answer 2

The school sells 625 tickets.

Solution:

Let us assume that total x number of tickets are sold by the school.

As given in the problem,

Cost of 5 tickets is \20
`\$20`

So the cost of 1 ticket is
`\left((20)/(5)\right) = \$4`

Then the cost of x tickets =
`\$4x`

As given the total revenue is
`\$2500`,

So,

`4 x=2500`

`x=\left((2500)/(4)\right)=625`

The school sell total 625 tickets.