Question

The student council has decided to have a raffle at the carnival. They came up with a table to show the relationship between the number of tickets bought and the number of raffle entries. Explain why it could be helpful for the student council to determine an equation to represent this data.

Answer 1

Explanation:

Write an equation to find the number of each type of ticket they should sell. Let "x" be # of adult tickets; Let "y" be # of student tickets: Value Equation: 5x+3y=450- b. Graph your equation.y = (-5/3)x+150

c. Use your graph to find two different combinations of tickets sold. I'll leave that to you.