Alfred is selling tickets to the basketball game to help raise money for new jerseys. Each team member must raise a
minimum amount of money. When he starts selling tickets, he is
$118 under the minimum amount of money he must raise. Each
ticket he sells raises six dollars. Let the amount of money under
the minimum Alfred must raise be negative values and the
amount of money over the minimum he must raisể be positive
values.
Define a unit for the amount of money Alfred raised
compared to the minimum required. Enter a variable for the
number of tickets Alfred sells and use this variable to write
an expression for the amount of money Alfred raised
compared to the minimum required.
1. After the first week, Alfred has sold 5 tickets. How does the
amount of money he has raised compare to the minimum?
2. Alfred is a real go-getter. He reports that he has raised
$176.00 more than the minimum required. How many total
tickets did he sell?