Question

A family pays $7.00 to park at a museum. Tickets for the museum cost $9.50 per person. The family spent a total of $64.00 for parking fees and tickets to the museum. The situation can be modeled by the equation 64 = 9.50n + 7, where n represents the number of tickets purchased. How many tickets did the family purchase?

a) 6 tickets
b) 7 tickets
c) 8 tickets
d) 9 tickets

Answer 1

The family purchased 6 tickets. This was determined by subtracting the parking fee from the total amount spent and then dividing by the cost per ticket. The correct answer is option: a) 6 tickets

Step-by-step explanation:

To find out how many tickets the family purchased, we need to solve the equation 64 = 9.50n + 7, where n represents the number of tickets purchased.

1. First, subtract the parking fee from the total spent to find the total spent on tickets: 64 - 7 = 57.
2. Next, divide this amount by the cost per ticket to find the number of tickets: 57 ÷ 9.50 = 6.

Therefore, the family purchased 6 tickets.