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.
Responses
1800 people
1800 people
800 people
800 people
8,000 people
8,000 people
800,000 people
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.