Question

A school spent $150 on advertising for a breakfast fundraiser. Each plate of food was sold for $8.00 but cost the school $2.00 to prepare. After all expenses were paid, the school raised $2,400 at the fundraiser. Which equation can be used to find x, the number of plates that were sold?

6x – 150 = 2,400
6x + 150 = 2,400
10x – 150 = 2,400
10x + 150 = 2,400

Answer 1

(profit made per plate)(number of plates) - advertising cost = total amount of money made

let x represent number of plates

fill in the appropriate values from the problem