Paula is the student council member responsible for planning an outdoor student dinner dance. Plans include hiring a band and buying and serving dinner. She wants to keep the ticket cost as low as possible to encourage student attendance while still covering the cost of the band and food.

Band A charges $600 to play for the evening. Band B charges $350 plus $1.25 per student.

Part A
Write a system of equations to represent the cost of the two bands.

Band A: y =


Band B: y = x +