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Antonio purchased adult and child tickets for the fair. Tickets cost $29.35 for each adult and $17.45 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 Antonio purchased.

A: $29.35y + $17.45x

B: $29.35x + $17.45y

C: ($29.35 + $17.45)(x + y)

D: ($29.35 - $17.45)(x + y)

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Answer:

B

Explanation:

It is $29.35 for each of the tickets that they buy for adults, so to figure out how much it is for all the adult tickets, it would be $29.35 times x. Same for the children tickets except it is times y and the amount of money is different.

User Mmalmeida
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its B because it say each and htat mean multiply so x is the adults it would go with the price which is 29.35x plusthe children price which is 17.45y

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