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
800,000 people
To solve this problem, we can set up a proportion using the given information:
Sales / Number of people = Constant
$15,000 / 500 = $24,000 / x
Cross multiplying, we get:
$15,000 * x = $24,000 * 500
15,000x = 12,000,000
Dividing both sides by 15,000, we get:
x = 12,000,000 / 15,000
x = 800
Therefore, 800 people attend if the sales for a game are $24,000.