The number of people waiting in a line to buy tickets x minutes after a ticket booth opened is given by the expression 70 −5x.

What does the value 70 represent?

A. the number of people in the line when the ticket booth opened

B. the number of people who bought tickets every minute

C. the number of minutes it takes to sell all the tickets

D. the total number of tickets available

Question

The number of people waiting in a line to buy tickets x minutes after a ticket booth opened is given by the expression 70 −5x.

What does the value 70 represent?

A. the number of people in the line when the ticket booth opened

B. the number of people who bought tickets every minute

C. the number of minutes it takes to sell all the tickets

D. the total number of tickets available

yuii · Answer

I was just about to ask you if you could help me with more. lol

revlogic · Answer

'A' because the clue is in the first sentence: The number of people waiting in a line to buy tickets x minutes