Question

Mustafa’s soccer team is planning a school dance as a fundraiser. The DJ charges $200 and decorations cost $100. The team decides 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?

Answer 1

The initial costs of the dance are $300 total ($200 for DJ plus $100 for decorations), and they make $5 for each student who attends. For "n" number of students, the amount of money they make will be 5*n dollars, minus the initial cost. The equation to represent this would be:
5n - 300
And if they want to make 1500 in profit, you could write the equation as:
1500 = 5n - 300
and solve for "n" to find out how many students, minimum, they will need to attend to make that amount in profit