Question

A school is planning an event to raise $1,000 for charity. The cost of organizing the event is $200. The tickets are priced at $6 per child and $8 per
adult.
If x children and y adults attend the event the equation that represents the total revenue that the organizers must collect from ticket
sales to raise the targeted amount of $1,000 after paying for the $200 in expenses is
. If the event were only for
adults, adults would have to attend for the organizers to raise the targeted amount.

Answer 1

They would need to collect $800