What does 500 represent in f(x)=500(1.08)

Emily is entering a bicycle race for charity. her mother pledges $0.90 for every 0.75 mile she bikes. if emily bikes 18 miles, how much will her mother donate?

Problem situation: caren is making rice and beans. she can spend no more than $10 on ingredients. she buys one bag of rice for $4.99. beans cost $0.74 per pound. how many pounds of beans, x, can she buy? inequality that represents this situation: 10≥4.99+0.74x drag each number to show if it is a solution to both the inequality and the problem situation, to the inequality only, or if it is not a solution.

Need this at the city museum, child admission is 6 and adult admission is 9.20. on tuesday, 132 tickets were sold for a total sales of 961.60. how many adult tickets were sold that day?