The student council is planning the school carnival. Each ticket costs $2.50. Explain how to write an equation that represents this scenario. Let x represent the number of tickets sold, and y represent the total amount of money raised. make it short

Answer 1

To represent the scenario, you can write the equation:

\[ y = 2.50x \]

In this equation, \( y \) is the total amount of money raised, \( x \) is the number of tickets sold, and each ticket costs $2.50.