Question

A circus recently spent $1650 on new trapezes the trapezes cost $275 each write an equation that could be used to find the number of trapezes t that the circus bought

Answer 1

The equation for number of trapezes t is t = (total amount spent on trapezes)/(cost of each trapeze) and the circus bought 6 trapezes.

Explanation:

In order to write an equation for the number of trapezes we first need to identify the variables that were given to us. The first one is the total amount of money spent on these trapezes, that is $1650, so the sum of the individual cost of all the trapezes should be equal to this value. The second information that was given to us is the individual price of each trapeze. With these two we can write the equation for t, where:

t = (total amount spent on trapezes)/(cost of each trapeze)

t = 1650/275 = 6