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The county fair charges $1.25 per ticket for the rides. Jermaine bought 25 tickets for the rides and spent a total of $43.75 at the fair. Jermaine spent his money only on ride tickets and fair admission. The price of the fair admission is the same for everyone. Use y to represent the total cost and x to represent the number of ride tickets.
(a) Define your variables.
(b) Write a linear equation that can be used to determine the cost for anyone who only pays for ride tickets and fair admission.

Answer 1

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Explanation:

$1.25 is the cost per ticket

Jermaine bought 25 tickets in total

Spent a total of $43.75

y = total cost

x = number of ride tickets

1.25 ( 25 ) = 31.25

31.25 is the total money spent on ONLY tickets.

To find the cost of admission...

43.75 - 31.25 = 12.50

The cost of admission is $12.50

Equation: 1.25x + 12.5 = y