Question

You buy 3 tickets for $ 48 total for the jazz concert on Friday night. Your friend buys 2 tickets for $36 total for the jazz concert on Saturday night. Your brother collected $96 from his friends to buy 6 tickets. Which night can they go to the concert? Did they buy the less expensive tickets? Explain

Answer 1

Friday night.

Less expensive.

Explanation:

Cost of 1 ticket on Friday = 48/3 = $16.

Cost on Saturday = 36 / 2 = $18.

Now 96 / 6 = $16 so the brother and his friends will have to go to the Friday concert. From the above costs we see that they did buy the less expensive ticket.