A sheet of 10 tickets at the carnival costs $8. If you want to buy 35 tickets, how much would that cost?
a) Write a proportion to represent the situation.
b) Solve the proportion.
Using a proportion
10/8=35/x
solve for x
Multiply in cross
10*x=8*35
x=(8*35)/10
x=$28
therefore
the answer is
$28