Tim is selling tickets to a school sporting event to raise money for his club. He put some extra money in his box before he began. AS he sells
tickets, he records the number of tickets he has sold and the total amount
of money in the box. Some of his data are shown below.
TOTAL AMOUNT OF MONEY
FROM TICKET SALES
Number of
Tickets Sold
Total Money in Box
(dollars)
7
108.75
13
146.25
18
177.50
Assuming all the tickets are the same price, write an equation that
represents the situation in the table. Explain how to use your equation to
determine the amount of money originally in the box before any tickets
were sold and the price of each ticket.