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

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Responses

1800 people

800 people

8,000 people

800,000 people

Answer 1

Using the direct variation formula, we can set up the following equation:

sales = k * number of people

where k is the constant of variation.

To find the value of k, we can plug in the given values:

$15,000 = k * 500

Solving for k, we get:

k = $15,000 / 500 = $30

Now we can use the value of k to find how many people attend if the sales are $24,000:

$24,000 = $30 * number of people

Solving for the number of people, we get:

number of people = $24,000 / $30 = 800

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