Question

At a zoo, visitors may pay an additional fee to ride the train. At the beginning of the day, the cashier at the train station had $150 in change in her cash drawer. At the end of her shift there was $775.50 in the cash drawer. If each train ticket costs $2.25, how many tickets were sold? 278 tickets 776 tickets 626 tickets 150 tickets

Answer 1

Answer: 278
First take 775.50 subtract 150 then you divide that by the price of the tickets which is 2.25 so it goes like this

775.50
-150.00 = 625.50
Now you take 625.59 and divide it by 2.25 which is 278

Answer 2

Answer: 278 tickets.

Step-by-step explanation: Each ticket costs $2.25, and is sold as that constant rate. We know that the drawer ended with 775.50 and started with a minimum of $150. Using this information, we can construct an equation.

150 + 2.25x = 775.50

Using algebra, we can simplify the equation to find the answer. Whatever we do to one side must be done to both sides.

150 + 2.25x = 775.50

-150 -150

= 2.25x = 665.50

(2.25 / 2.25) x = (665.50 / 2.25)

= x = 278