Question

A group of friends are going to see the newest action movie. The price of a ticket is $6.25. As a group, they spent $12 on refreshments. If they spent a total of $30.75 on tickets and refreshments, how many people went to the movies?

Answer 1

you would take $30.75 and take $12 from it since we know that they for sure spent that. Giving you$18.75, then you would divide that by 6.25 and get 3 people.

Answer 2

6.25t+12=30.75 subtract 12 from both sides

6.25t=18.75 divide both sides by 6.25

t=3

So three tickets were purchased, meaning that three people went to the movies.