Question

A person can pay $7 for a membership to the science museum and then go to the museum for

just $1 per visit. What is the maximum number of visits a member of the science museum can
make for a total cost of $46? Write an equation and solve. Show all work!

Answer 1

I agree with the previous answer. It indeed is 39.

46-7=39 (7 - price of the membership)

39/1=39 (1 - price of the tickets)

Answer 2

39 visits.

Explanation:

In order to solve, we must add the cost of the membership and the cost of the visits to get the sum of 46.

$7 is the cost of the membership, so thats going to be the first number we add. If you revist the museum, you will need to pay $1. Now to save time and space, I will not continusely write $1 until we get to 46, but instead, subtract 46 from 7. The difference we get will be the number of visits. I will be using the variable v to represent the difference/maximim number of visits a member of the science museum can make for a total cost of $46.

Current Equation: 7+1v = $46.

46 - 7 = 39.

7+1(39) = 46