Question

A spaghetti dinner fundraiser served 500 people and charged $7 for adults and $4.50 for children. Use x to represent the number of adults served and write an expression to show how much money was raised. Then simplify the expression.

Answer 1

Let x be the number of adults.

adult = x

children = 500 - x

total fund raised from the adult = $7x

Total fund raised from the children = $4.5(500- x)

Total fund raised = 7x + 4.5(500 -x)

7x + 4.5(500 - x) = 7x + 2250 - 4.5x

= 2.5x + 2250

Ans: Total fund raised = $(2.5x + 2250)

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