Question

Brienne and 3 friends bought tickets to the movies. They spent a total of $27.00 on the tickets.

Which equation represents this situation?

A.
3t = 27


B.
4t = 27


C.
t/3 = 27


D.
t/4 = 27

Answer 1

B. 4t=27 because Brienne plus her three friends are four people. T is the amount of money per person. It cannot be division because the price is increasing as the number of tickets increases

Answer 2

B. 4t=27

Explanation:

let t be the price of one ticket,

since there are 4 people buying tickets in total, the price of 4 tickets would be 4t.

so
`4t=27`.