Question

Mariana plans to visit an amusement park where she must pay for admission and purchase tickets to go on the rides. Mariana wants to find the total cost for a day at the amusement park. She wrote the equation c = 1.50x + 12 to predict c, the total cost for a day at the amusement park. What could the number 12 represent in Mariana's equation?

Answer 1

Answer: The number 12 represents admission charge in Mariana's equation.

Explanation:

As per given ,

Total cost = ( Charge per ticket) (Number of tickets) + (Admission fees) (i)

For x = Number of tickets, the total cost (c) for a day at the amusement park is given as

`c = 1.50x + 12` (ii)

Here, 12 = Admission fees [Comparing (i) and (ii)]

Hence, the number 12 represents admission charge in Mariana's equation.