The sales at a baseball game vary directly with the number of people attending. If the sales for a game are $15,000when 500 people attend, determine how many people attend if the sales for a game are $24,000.

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Responses

1800 people
1800 people

800 people
800 people

8,000 people
8,000 people

800,000 people

Answer 1

To solve this problem, we can set up a proportion. We know that the sales and the number of people attending vary directly, so we can use the formula:

sales = k * number of people

where k is the constant of proportionality.

We can set up the following proportion:

$15,000 / 500 = $24,000 / x

Cross multiplying, we get:

$15,000 * x = $24,000 * 500

Simplifying, we find:

x = ($24,000 * 500) / $15,000

x = 800

Therefore, 800 people attend if the sales for a game are $24,000.