Question

Erica purchased adult and youth tickets for a movie. She bought x adult tickets for $7 each and y youth tickets for $5. Write an expression that can be used to show the total cost, C, of all tickets.

Answer 1

7x + 5y = C

Explanation:

X is the number of people buying an adult ticket

Y is the number of people buying a youth ticket

Using this we can find C, cost

Answer 2

7x plus 5y equals C(cost)