Hotel charges $200 for banquet hall, $60 per person and the tickets are $100 each how many tickets must be sold to raise more than 10000

Question

Can you help me find How many tickets must be raised inorder to reach $10000

Answer 1

Expenses are $200 + $60 per person.  Each ticket brings a net of $40 to the charity.

We form equation

 

10000 = 40*t - 200

t = 255 tickets