Question

A county fair charges $9.50 to get in and $2.50 per ride ticket. Write an algebraic expression to represent the total cost for a visit to the fair. Let n represent the number of tickets purchased

Answer 1

$2.50n + $9.50

Explanation:

For instance, if there were four tickets purchased,

the equation would be,

$2.50 x 4 = $10.00

$10.00 + $9.50 =

$19.50