The student council is planning the school carnival. Each ticket costs $2.50. Explain how to write an equation that represents this scenario. Let x represent the number of tickets sold, and y represent the total amount of money raised.

x will represent the number of tickets sold, and y will represent the total amount of money raised. Because each ticket is $2.50, the total amount of money raised is equal to $2.50 times the number of tickets. The equation would be y = 2.50x