The student in an eighth-grade class had a dance. They spent $500 for a local band. The equation below can be used to find the total profit, y, if the student sold x tickets to the dance.

Y=4x-500


What does the 4 represent in the equation?

A. The price per ticket

B. The cost of the band

C. The number of tickets sold.

D. The profit made from selling x tickets.