Question

Jake paid $13.50 for admission to the county fair and bought 9 tickets

to play games. If he spent a total of $36, what is the cost, c, of one ticket?
Write and solve an equation. Lessons 5-1 and 5-2

Answer 1

$2.50

Explanation:

If he paid $13.50 for admission and altogether he paid a total of $36 then you would have to subtract 13.50 from 36 which is 22.50, 22.50 is the price he paid for ALL the tickets so to find the price of one you would need to divide it by 9 so 22.50 ⁒ 9 = 2.50

Answer 2

Explanation:

We will subtract 13.5 from 36 and divide the result by 9.

36 - 13.5 = 22.5

22.5/9 = 42.5

A ticket costs $2.50.