Question

latavia purchased adult and child tickets for the fall festival. tickets cost $14.88 for each adult and $8.88 for each child. let x represent the number of adult tickets purchased and y represent the number of child tickets purchased. write an expression to represent the total cost of the tickets latavia purchased. ($14.88 $8.88)(x y) ($14.88 - $8.88)(x y) $14.88y $8.88x $14.88x $8.88y

Answer 1

Total Cost = $14.88x + $8.88y

Answer 2

The expression which represent the total cost of the tickets latavia purchased is:

$14.88x+$8.88y

Explanation:

Cost of one ticket for adult is: $ 14.88

and cost of one ticket for child is: $ 8.88

let x represent the number of adult tickets purchased and y represent the number of child tickets purchased.

Hence, total cost of the tickets purchased=

cost of x tickets for adult+ Cost of y tickets for child.

= $14.88x+$8.88y