the debate club needs $240.00 to attend a debate tournament. the club decides to sell iced tea and lemonade at baseball games. iced tea will be sold for $.50 per cup and lemonade will be sold for $.80 per cup. write the equation to find how many cups of each beverag must be sold to raise $240.00.

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Let x = cups of lemonade and y = cups of tea.

.50y + .80x = 240

This equation needs more information to be solved. As x increases, y will decrease.