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Six friends all use $2-off coupons to buy themselves movie tickets. They spend a total of $42. What is the price of one movie ticket without the coupon?

A $5
B $7
C $9
D$11

User Tsroten
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Answer:

C, or $9

Explanation:

You multiply 6 friends by $2 to get the amount they saved. $12+$42= $54. That is the amount of money they would have spent without the coupons. Dividing $54 by 6 friends to get the price per ticket, you get $9. Each ticket costed $9.

User Stepan Grigoryan
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Answer:

C.) $9

Explanation:

Solution: six friends all use $2-off coupons to buy themselves movie tickets. They spend a total of $42. What is the price of one movie ticket without the coupon? = 7 + 2 = 9 dollars.

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