Question

Jason spent $25.50 on movie tickets. Each movie ticket (m) cost $8.50 . Which equation could be used to represent how many tickets Jason bought?

Answer 1

He bought 3 tickets

Explanation:

Add $8.50 3 times to get how much he spent

Answer 2

8.50m = 25.50

Explanation:

Total movie ticket spent = 25.50

Movie ticket unitary price = 8.50

Then an equation to represent that is:

8.50m = 25.50

m = 25.50/8.50

m = 3