SOLUTION: The admission fee to a meuseum is $8.50 per person. Given that the admission fee, c dollars, is directly proportional to the number of people, n, identify the constant of proportio

Question 1034258: The admission fee to a meuseum is $8.50 per person. Given that the admission fee, c dollars, is directly proportional to the number of people, n, identify the constant of proportionality and write a direct proportion equation.
I've tried and tried and don't know please thank you very much.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the constant of proportionality =
I'll write the equation as:

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Looking at , let
then you are given that
Since ,
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The equation is:

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The problem is strangely worded. It says:
" the admission fee, c dollars, is directly proportional to the number of people, n "
can't be the admission fee per person. It has to
be the TOTAL of admission fees received. Then it will be
proportional to
IMHO FWIW
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