SOLUTION: A charity organization had a fundraiser where they sold each ticket for a fixed price. After selling 200 tickets, they had a net profit of $12,000. They had to sell a few tickets j

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Question 1144205: A charity organization had a fundraiser where they sold each ticket for a fixed price. After selling 200 tickets, they had a net profit of $12,000. They had to sell a few tickets just to cover necessary production costs of $1200.
Let y represent the net profit (in dollars) when they have sold c tickets. Complete the equation for the relationship between the net profit and the number of tickets sold.
Y =
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If c is the revenue from selling each ticket, then the revenue from selling 200 tickets is 200c.

The cost of producing the tickets is $1200.

profit = revenue (from selling tickets) minus cost (of production)

Write the equation showing that the profit after selling 200 tickets was $12,000.