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PLZ HELP 50 PTS 1. The county fair charges $2.50 per ticket for the rides. Henry bought 15 tickets for the rides and spent a total of $55.50 at the fair. Henry spent his money only on ride tickets and fair admission. The price of the fair admission is the same for everyone. Use x to represent the number of ride tickets and y to represent the total cost.

(a) Find the cost of admission to the fair. Explain how you found the cost of admission.

(b) Write a linear equation that can be used to determine the cost for anyone who only pays for ride tickets and fair admission.

(c) Explain what the coefficient on x and the constant of your linear equation represent.

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<b>HEY THERE!!

Ride ticket cost for per ticket is $2.5
and henry bought 15 tickets so in riding he spent $2.5×15 - $ 37.50= $18



(a) And as according to question he spent a total of $55.50 at the fair. Henry spent his money only on ride tickets and fair admission.

So for fair admission he spent
$55.50 -$37.50


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HEY THERE !!

Ride cost for per ticket =$2.5
Total ticket = 15
So total cost = 15×$2.5 = $37.5

And as according to question he spent $55.5 in the fair .

So for fair mission he spent $55.50 - $37.5 = $18

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