Question

Seth’s father is thinking of buying his son a six-month pass for $40. With the pass, matinees cost 1.00. If matinees are normally $3.50 each, how many times must Seth attend in order for it to benefit his father to buy the pass?

Answer 1

The number of times Seth attend in order for the benefit his father to buy the pass is 2.8 times .

Explanation:

Given as :

The price for six month pass = $ 40

The cost of matinees with the pass = $ 1.00

The cost of matinees without pass = $ 3.50

Now, According to question

If we take matinees per day for six months so, number of matinees = 6 × 30 = 180

So, The cost of matinees for six month with pass at the rate $ 1.00 each = 180 × $ 1 + $ 40

I.e The cost of matinees for six month with pass $ 220

Now, Again

The cost of matinees for six month without pass at the rate $ 3.50 each = 180 × $ 3.50

I.e The cost of matinees for six month without pass at the rate $ 3.50 each = $ 630

So, The number of times Seth attend in order for the benefit =
`(630)/(220)` = 2.8

Hence The number of times Seth attend in order for the benefit his father to buy the pass is 2.8 times . Answer