Sample Question

A local baseball team decided to give away hats and bats as promotional items for the first 1,000 fans.
The cost to the team is $12 per hat and $8 per bat.
The promotional manager would like to use all $10,300 of his budget on this promotion.

The system models this situation where h is the number of hats and b is the number of bats given away.

Find the solution to the situation using algebra.

Sample Response