Question

The local business will donate $5.00 for every 10 tickets sold. Let x represent tickets sold, and y represent dollars donated. Student A claims that the equation is y = 2x. Student B claims that the equation is y = 1

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x. Explain who is correct.

Answer 1

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Explanation:

Student B is correct because the tickets sold represent the input (x) and the amount donated represents the output (y).

Student B is correct because the donated amount is represented by 5 = One-half(10).

Student B is correct because Student A’s equation y = 2x represents 5 = 2(10), which is incorrect.