Final answer:
After calculating the total cost for admission and the giraffe feeding for four people, the remaining money was used to buy snow cones. The cost per snow cone is found by dividing the remaining money by the number of people, resulting in $2.50 per snow cone.
Step-by-step explanation:
The question is asking us to calculate the cost of each snow cone given the total amount spent at the zoo with friends.
First, we need to calculate the cost of admission and the giraffe feeding experience for each person:
- Admission per person: $5.25
- Giraffe feeding per person: $2.00
- Total cost per person for admission and giraffe feeding: $5.25 + $2.00 = $7.25
Since there are four people (the student and three friends), the total cost for all four would be:
$7.25 per person x 4 people = $29.00
The student had $39.00 and spent $29.00 on admission and feeding the giraffes, leaving:
$39.00 - $29.00 = $10.00
This remaining $10.00 was spent on snow cones for the four people. So, to find the cost of each snow cone, we divide the remaining amount by the number of people:
$10.00 / 4 people = $2.50 per snow cone
Therefore, the cost of each snow cone was $2.50.