Mustafa's soccer team is planning a school dance as a fundraiser. The DJ charges $200 and decorations cost $100. The team decided to charge each student $5.00 to attend the dance. If n represents the number of students attending the dance, which equation can be used to find the number of students needed to make $1,500 in profit

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Maci Buck

Mathematics

16 December, 05:47

Mustafa's soccer team is planning a school dance as a fundraiser. The DJ charges $200 and decorations cost $100. The team decided to charge each student $5.00 to attend the dance. If n represents the number of students attending the dance, which equation can be used to find the number of students needed to make $1,500 in profit

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Coleman Hawkins · Answer 1

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1800 dollars is needed to profit 1500 dollars. x represents the students and 1800 represents the total amount needed so if each student is charged 5 dollars then 5x=1800 would represent the situation

Giovani Ware · Answer 2

They need to find 360 students in total

Step-by-step explanation:

The total amount for fees comes out to be 300$.

To make a profit of 1500, you have to add 1500$ to 300$, since 300 is the cost of the dance.

After adding this together, you get a cost of 1800$.

Divide this amount by the cost of each ticket, which is $5.

Your result is 360; you need 360 students to cover the cost and have a net profit of 1500$