The senior class at Hayford high school is planning their prom. They narrow the location down to two choices. The regal hotel charges C500 $ for the ballroom retail fee and $45 per student S for the meal the Greenhill country club charges C $1000 for the ballroom rental fee and $65 per student S, for the meal create a pair of linear equations that represents this real world problem

Question

Rental hotel C=75s+500 Greenfield country club C=65s+1000

Answer 1

- Let C represent the total cost for both options
- Let s represent the number of students attending the prom

For the regal hotel:
C = 45s + 500

For the Greenhill country club:
C = 65s + 1000