Question

Kate had 50 50 tickets to use for rides at the fair. She lost some of them. Her dad doubled the tickets she had left. Kate wrote the expression 2(50−t) 2 ( 50 - t ) to find the number of tickets she has now, where t t is the number of tickets she lost. Jack correctly wrote another expression, 100−2t 100 - 2 t , to find the number of tickets Kate has now. Use the drop-down menus to explain what each part of Kate's and Jack's expressions mean.

Answer 1

Answer: Kate expression: 2(50-t)

2 : represents twice,

50 : represents Initial number of tickets Kate has,

t : The lost tickets

50-t : represents Number of ticket Kate has After loosing t tickets

Jack expression: 100 - 2t

100 : Twice of initial ticket Kate has,

t : The lost tickets

2t : represents twice of the lost tickets,

100-2t : represents Final number of ticket Kate has.

Explanation:

Since, According to the question,

Initially Kate has 50 tickets.

She lost tickets = t

And, after losing t ticket she has tickets = 50 - t

But, His father doubled the amount, Thus she has final tickets = 2(50-t)= 2×50 -2× t = 100 - 2t