Question

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Mr. Oliveros buys tickets to take theater
students to a play. Mr. Oliveros spends $45.00
in all. He spends $10 for his ticket and spends
the rest on student tickets. Each student ticket
is $2.50. How many student tickets does Mr.
Oliveros buy?

Answer 1

14.

Explanation:

1) if mr. Oliveros spent 10$ for his ticket, then the rest sum of his money is 45-10=35$;

2) according to the condition mr. Oliveros spends 35$ for unknown number tickets for students, where 2.5$ for each student. Using this conditiion it is possible to calculate the number of student tickets:

35/2.5=14.