Your school is sponsoring a pancake dinner to raise money for a field trip. You estimate that 200 adults and 250 children will attend. You are trying to raise $3,800 and deciding how much to charge per adult and per child. What do the variables stand for:

x=price for
250
, y= price for
200
What’s the total?
$3,800

Write an equation.

200x+250y=3,800

List some possible combinations. (round to the nearest hundredths place)

per adults, $0 per child

$10 per adult,
per child

per adult, $5 per child