Question

The local business will donate $5.00 for every 10 tickets sold. Let x represent tickets sold, and y represent dollars donated. Student A claims that the equation is y = 2x. Student B claims that the equation is y = 1
2
x. Explain who is correct.

Answer 1

Answer:

The point that represents what the local business will donate is (10, 5). After testing the point in both equations, you can see that student B wrote the correct equation; 5 = 1/2 (10).

Step-by-step explanation:

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Answer 2

If we let x be the number of ticket sold and y be the amount in dollars donated then, the equation would be,
                                      x = 2y
We can check our answer by substituting the given,
                                      10 = 2(5)
                                       10 = 10
The equation can also be written as,
                                     y = (1/2)x
Thus, Student B is correct.