SOLUTION: Your group has $120 available for the banquet. Any other costs must be covered from selling tickets for the event. You decided to take care of the major cost first

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Question 1162841: Your group has $120 available for the banquet. Any other costs must be covered from selling tickets for the event.
You decided to take care of the major cost first - hall rental and caterer. Each caterer you approach is associated with a specific hall.
Caterer One charges $45 per person. The cost of using the hall is inclusive. Caterer Two charges $250 for hall rental plus $28 per person.
Cater Three charges $500 for hall rental plus $20 per person.
1. Write the equation to represent the cost of each caterer. Use C to represent cost and n to represent number of people
Found 2 solutions by solver91311, Boreal:
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!

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John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it

Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
C1=$45n
C2=$250+$28n
C3=$500+$20n

SOLUTION: Your group has $120 available for the banquet. Any other costs must be covered from selling tickets for the event. You decided to take care of the major cost first - hall rental