Question

Every third time Mr. Tojo runs a red light he gets a ticket. Each ticket costs $160.00. If Mr. Tojo runs a red light once each school day, how much money will he have to pay in tickets in the first 9-week quarter of the school year?

Answer 1

Mr. Tojo will have to pay a total of $2,400.00 in tickets for the first 9-week quarter of the school year.

Step-by-step explanation:

Since Mr. Tojo runs a red light once each school day, and he gets a ticket every third time he runs a red light, we can determine the number of tickets he will get in a quarter by dividing the number of school days by 3.

Number of tickets per quarter = Number of school days / 3

Given that there are 45 school days in a quarter, we can calculate the number of tickets Mr. Tojo will get:

Number of tickets per quarter = 45 school days / 3 = 15 tickets per quarter

Each ticket costs $160.00, so to find the total cost of tickets for the quarter, we can multiply the number of tickets by the cost per ticket:

Total cost per quarter = Number of tickets per quarter × Cost per ticket

Total cost per quarter = 15 tickets per quarter × $160.00 per ticket = $2,400.00 per quarter

Therefore, Mr. Tojo will have to pay a total of $2,400.00 in tickets for the first 9-week quarter of the school year.