Question

The county fair charges $1.25 per ticket for the rides. Jermaine bought 25 tickets for the rides and spent a total of $43.75 at the fair. Jermaine spent his 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) Define your variables.
(b) Write a linear equation that can be used to determine the cost for anyone who only pays for ride tickets and fair admission.
(c) Explain your answer to Part b.

Answer 1

The total cost is the dependant variable and the number of tickets along with flat out price is the independent variable.

The equation would be y = 1.25x + ?

You would insert 25 for x which equals 31.25 and insert 43.75 for y.

43.75 = 31.25 + ? Then subtract 31.25 from both sides of the equation and you would get....

12.5 = ?

That is your flat rate to get in to the fair