The amount of money a performer earns is directly proportional to the number of people attending the performance. The performer earns $120 at a performance where 8 people attend.
How much money will the performer earn when 20 people attend a performance?

Options

A. 960
B. 480
C. 300
D. 240

Explanation

To solve the problem step by step, we will use the concept of direct proportionality.

### Step 1: Understand the relationship
The problem states that the amount of money earned by the performer is directly proportional to the number of people attending the performance. This means that if the number of attendees increases, the earnings will also increase proportionally.

### Step 2: Find the earnings per person
We know that the performer earns $120 when 8 people attend. To find out how much the performer earns per person, we can divide the total earnings by the number of people:

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