Question

At the Belmont Country Fair, James found two ways to pay for carnival rides. One way was to pay for an all-day pass for $20.00. The other way was to pay $1.50 for each ride. Study the graph below. How many rides would James need to take before he would save money by buying the all-day pass?

a. 10 rides
b. 12 rides
c. 15 rides
d. 18 ride

Answer 1

To determine how many rides James would need to take before he would save money by buying the all-day pass, we need to compare the cost per ride with the cost of the all-day pass. The cost per ride is $1.50 and the cost of the all-day pass is $20.00. James would need to take 14 rides before he would save money by buying the all-day pass.

Step-by-step explanation:

To determine how many rides James would need to take before he would save money by buying the all-day pass, we need to compare the cost per ride with the cost of the all-day pass. The cost per ride is $1.50 and the cost of the all-day pass is $20.00. Let's set up an equation to represent this:

Number of rides * Cost per ride = Cost of all-day pass

Let's plug in the values:
1.5 * Number of rides = 20

Now we can solve for the number of rides:

Number of rides = 20 / 1.5

Number of rides = 13.33

Since we can't have a fraction of a ride, James would need to take 14 rides before he would save money by buying the all-day pass.