The senior class at Hartford High School is planning their prom. They've narrowed the location down to two choices. The Regal Hotel charges, C, $500 for the ballroom rental fee and $75 per student, s, for the meal.

Question

The senior class at Hartford High School is planning their prom. They've narrowed the location down to two choices. The Regal Hotel charges, C, $500 for the ballroom rental fee and $75 per student, s, for the meal.

The Greenhill Country Club charges, C, $1,000 for the ballroom rental fee and $65 per student, s, for the meal. Create a pair of linear equations that represent this real-world problem. (1 point)

Answer 1

Let X be the number of students attending the prom.

For The Regal Hotel:
Cost = 500 + 75X

For The Greenhill Country Club:
Cost = 1000 + 65X