Question

The science club is raising money for a trip to the museum. Tickets to the museum cost $8. Five students already have a membership to the museum, so they will get in for free. The club raised the $296 needed to take all students in the club to the museum.

Complete the equation below to find the number of students in the club. Use s to represent the number of students.


please write an equation.

Answer 1

(296/8) + 5 = s

Explanation:

5, students don't have to pay, and the other students each pay 8 dollars.

the answer is (296/8) + 5 = s

each student pays 8 dollars, and there is a total of 296 dollars, and add the 5 students who don't have to pay, the number of students is 42.