Question

1. the student council sells tickets to the school dance. the graph shows the amount of money the student council earns by selling tickets on four different days. school dance ticket sales a. what does the point (2, 5) represent? b. what is the unit rate? c. what point would you plot on the graph to indicate the unit rate? d. what does the unit rate represent?

Explanation:

a. The x-axis is number of tickets sold, y-axis is money earned. The point (2,5) maps these two values.
b. Calculate unit rate using the point (2,5): divide money by tickets.
c. Unit rate is money per 1 ticket, so x=1, y=unit rate value.
d. Unit rate here links ticket quantity to earnings per single ticket.

Answer:

a. When 2 tickets are sold, the student council earns $5.
b. $\frac{5}{2} = 2.5$, so the unit rate is $2.50 per ticket.
c. (1, 2.5)
d. The unit rate represents the cost of one individual school dance ticket, or the amount of money earned for each ticket sold.