Question

Jessie is going to the county fair. The cost of admission is $5.00 and it is $2.00 for each ride. If Jessie has $19.00, Write an equation to determine how many rides Jessie can ride.

Answer 1

x=7, Jessie can ride 7 rides with $19

Explanation:

The cost of admission is $5.00 and it is constant,

Then for each ride the cost is $2.00

If we let the number of rides be X, then the cost function, C(X) will be given as

C(X)=5+2X

If Jessie has $19, then we can equate the cost function to $19 and solve for x

5+2x=19

Subtracting 5 on both sides,

2x=19-5

2x=14

x=7

I hope my response is clear and helpful, thankyou