Question

Mrs.Chang spent $44 for a movie ticket and a snack for each of her 4 children. Each snack cost $3.50. Each movie ticket cost the same amount.

One of Mrs. Chang's children wrote this incorrect equation to find x, the cost in dollars, of each movie ticket

4x +3.50=44

Explain why this equations is incorrect

Can someone help me with this!! Please

Answer 1

Each snack cost 3.50 and she bought four, one for each child. The child who wrote it only took one snack into account.
The equation should be 14+4x=44
14 being all four snacks