Question

Please help!!! Ella and Margaret were at a carnival. They each got a ticket for the Ferris wheel. Ella got a snow cone, and Margaret got a cotton candy. Ella had a certificate for $6 off the cost. Margaret paid the rest, which came to 12.75. Each Ferris wheel ticket was $5, and the snow cone was $3.50. What is the cost of the cotton candy? A. $5.00 B. $5.25 C. $2.50 D. $7.25

Answer 1

5.25

Explanation:

5+5+3.50-6=7.50

12.75-7.50=5.25

Answer 2

(B) $5.25

Explanation:

We can create an equation to represent this problem.

Let's assume
`f` is the cost of a ferris wheel ticket,
`s` is the cost of a snow cone, and
`c` is the cost of a cotton candy.

We bought two ferris wheel tickets, one snow cone, and one cotton candy. After a discount of 6 dollars, the price was 12.75.

This makes the equation
`2f + s + c - 6 = 12.75`

Since we know the value of each ferris wheel ticket and the snow cone, we can simplify our equation by substituting in these values.

`2(5) + 3.50 + c - 6 = 12.75\\\\10 + 3.50 + c - 6 = 12.75\\\\7.5 + c = 12.75`

We can now subtract 7.5 from both sides to get the value of
`c`, the cotton candy price.

`7.5 + c - 7.5 = 12.75 - 7.5\\\\c = 5.25`

So the cotton candy cost $5.25.

Hope this helped!