8. Members of the soccer team are walking to raise money for a local shelter. 92 sponsors pledged a dollar per kilometer. Some sponsors gave additional donations that did not depend on the distance students walked.

Question

a. Write a verbal model that relates the total amount A of money raised by the soccer team to the number n of kilometers walked and the amount d given in additional donations.
b. The team walked 8 kilometers and raised a total amount of $842. Is there enough information to find how much money came from additional donations that did not depend on walking distance? If so, find this amount.

Answer 1

a. A = n + d
b. No, there is not enough information to find the amount of money from additional donations.