1.The state fair charges and entry fee plus $0.75 per ticket needed for the rides. Sally spent her money only on ride tickets and fair admission. The price of the fair admission is the same for everyone. Use y to represent the total cost and x to represent the number of ride tickets.
(a)Sally spent a total of $31.25 on the entry fee plus 25 ride tickets. How much did Sally pay for the entry fee?
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(b)Joe has $26 he can spend at the fair on the entry fee and tickets. How many tickets can Joe buy?
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(c)Let x represent the number of ride tickets purchased and y represent the total cost of fair entry fee and ride tickets. Write an equation to calculate the total cost of the entry fee and fair admission for a person who purchases x tickets.
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