Question

The Haverstown theater club is selling tickets for dinner and a show. They already have props and costumes, but they spend $142.50 on food. If they charge $9.50 for each ticket, how many tickets do they need to sell to cover their costs?

Answer 1

Alright so first you are going to make an equation to represent the problem. It should look something like this:
(142.5)-(9.5x)
where x is the amount of tickets sold

Now we are going to set the equation equal to 0 and solve for x.

(142.5)-(9.5x)=0
(142.5)=(9.5x)
15=x

So the theatre club would need to sell 15 tickets to cover the cost of food. Let me know if you have any questions!

Answer 2

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