Question

Fund-raising suppost your school is having a talent show to raise money for new music supplies. You estimate that 200 students and 150 adults will attend. You estimate $200 in expenses. Write an equation to find what ticket prices you should set to raise $1000.

Answer 1

let s =student
a =adults
now using the context to make an equation,
200s + 150a - 200 = 1000
the - 200 is the expenses you lost hosting the talent show.

now clean up the equation, add 200 to both side.

200s + 150a = 1200