Question

On Friday, there were x students at the baseball game. On Monday, there were half as many students at the game as there were on Friday. On Wednesday, there were 32 fewer students at the game as there were on Friday. Which expression could represent the total number of tickets sold for all 3 games? 2 and one-half minus 32 2 and one-half x + 32 3 and one-half x minus 32 3 and one-half x + 32

Answer 1

a

Explanation:

Answer 2

`2(1)/(2)x - 32`

Explanation:

On Friday, there were x students at the baseball game.

On Monday, there were 1/2 as many students, that is: x/2 students

On Wednesday, there were 32 fewer students at the game as there were on Friday, that is x - 32.

Tickets are sold for each student. Therefore, the number of tickets sold on all three days will be the same as the number of students that were at the games on the three days.

The number of students present on the three days is:

x + x/2 + x - 32

`= 2x + (1)/(2)x - 32\\ \\= 2(1)/(2)x - 32`

The number of tickets sold can therefore be represented by
`2(1)/(2)x - 32`