Question

Tickets to a basketball game can be ordered online for a set price per ticket plus a $5.50 service fee. The total cost in dollars for ordering 5 tickets is $108.00. Which linear function represents c, the total cost, when x tickets are ordered? (A service fee is a single fee applied to the total, no matter the number of tickets purchased).

c(x) = 5.50 + 20.50x
c(x) = 5.50x + 20.50
c(x) = 5.50 + 21.60x
c(x) = 5.50x + 21.60

Answer 1

c(x) = 5.50 + 21.60x

Explanation:

To start, we are told that the service fee of 5.50 is added to the set price per ticket. So we can automatically eliminate B and D

Now, to find how much it costs per ticket, we have to divide 108.00 by 5 since we are told that it costs $108 to buy 5 tickets

108.00/5 = 21.60

This means that it costs $21.60 per baseball ticket

So the third answer choice is correct