Question

A group of four friends go to the movies. Each friend pays for a ticket, a snack, and a drink. The ticket costs d dollars. The snack costs 1.5 times the price of a ticket. The drink costs 1.25 less than the ticket. Which part of the expression represents the total amount each friend pays?

Answer 1

3.5*d - 1.25.

Explanation:

The total amount that each friend pays can be represented by the expression:

d + 1.5d + (d - 1.25) = d + 1.5d + d - 1.25 = 3.5*d - 1.25

So, the part of the expression that represents the total amount each friend pays is 3.5*d - 1.25.

Answer 2

The total amount each friend pays is the sum of the cost of the ticket, snack, and drink. The ticket costs d dollars, the snack costs 1.5 * d dollars, and the drink costs d - 1.25 dollars. Therefore, the total amount each friend pays is represented by the expression:

d + (1.5 * d) + (d - 1.25)

Which simplifies to:

4.25d - 1.25

This expression represents the total amount each friend pays.