Question

A family buys 4 airline tickets online. The family buys travel insurance that costs $18 per ticket. The total cost is $676. Let x represent the price of one ticket. Write an equation for the total cost. Then find the price of one ticket.

Answer 1

$151

Explanation:

One ticket = x

So 4 tickets would be: x + x + x + x = 4x

Travel Insurance = $18 per ticket

So $18 X 4 tickets = $72

Now form an equation:

4x + 72 = 676

Subtract 72 from both sides

4x = 604

Divide by four on both sides

x = 151

So the price of one ticket is $151