Question

A family purchased tickets to a museum and spent a total of $38.00. The family purchased 4 tickets. There was a $1.50 processing fee for each ticket. Write and solve an equation that can be used to find x, the cost of one ticket to the museum. Show your work or explain your answer.

Answer 1

Equation: 4(x + 1.5) = 38

Ticket Cost: $8, or x = 8

Explanation:

The processing fee for each ticket is $1.50, or 1.5. This applies to each ticket, meaning that the price of one ticket (or x) should be added to 1.5. x + 1.5 represents the sum of a ticket and the processing fee. Since there were 4 tickets purchased, x + 1.5 is multiplied 4 times. That results in 4(x + 1.5). Finally, the total amount of money spent was $38, so 4(x + 1.5) = 38.

4(x + 1.5) = 38

4x + 6 = 38

4x = 32

x = 8

Check:

4 * 8 = 32 (cost of 4 tickets)

4 * 1.5 = 6 (cost of 4 processing fees)

32 + 6 = 38 (4 tickets + 4 processing fees = total)