Algebra I.1.C.20 -Solution Sets to Equations with Two Variables - Exit Ticket

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The Math Club sells hot dogs at a school fundraiser. The club earns $108 and has a combination of five-dollar and one-dollar bills in its cash box. Possible combinations of bills are listed in the table below. Complete the table.

Find one more combination of ones and fives that totals $108.

The equation 5x+1y= 108 represents this situation. A graph of the line y= -5x +108 is show. Verify that each ordered pair in the table above lies on the line below.

What is the meaning of the variables (x an y) and the numbers (1,5, and 108) in the equation 5x+ 1y= 108?

From EngageNY.org of the New York State Education Department. Grade Algebra i Mathematics Module 1, Topic C, Lesson 20. Internet. Available from https://www.engageny.org/resource/algebra-i-module-1...; accessed 18/Oct/2015.