Question

An amusement park charges large groups a fee of $25, $30 for adults, and $25 for students. If the total cost is $1325 and 10 adults are going, how many students are going to the park?

Answer 1

40 students are going to the park.

Explanation:

You total is $1325 and there is a fee of 25 dollars for large groups.

So you subtract the $25 from the total $1325 to get $1300.

Then you see its $30 per adult, and 10 adults are going, which is $300.

SO you subtract $300 from $1300 to get $1000.'

Lastly, you divide 25 by 1000, to get 40. You do this to calculate how many students are going. When you check your work you do:

30 x 10 to get 300 + 25(flat fee) + 1000 and you get $1325

Answer 2

40 students

Explanation:

So, first we can subtract the $25 fee from the total

1325-25=1300

Then subtract the amount for the 10 adult tickets. Each ticket is $30 and 10 adults and since 30 times 10 is 300 it cost $300 for the 10 adult tickets. Subtract that from 1300 and we get $1000 left for the student tickets. Each student ticket is $25 so we can divide 1000 by 25 to get the number of students going to the park

1000/25=40 meaning 40 students are going to the park

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