Question

Nadia bought 5 tickets to attend a spaghetti super fundraiser at her. school.The equation 5x equals 32.50 can be used to find x, the cost of each ticket in dollars.Which equation represents the cost of each ticket.

A: x equals 32.50/5
B: x equals 32.50(5)
C: x equals 32.50 - 5
D: x equals 32.50 + 5

Answer 1

32.50 is the total cost, so you need to find the cost of each separate ticket.

First, you take the total, 32.50, and you divide it by the number of tickets, 5.

32.50/5

The answer is A.

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