Question

Website A offers tickets to a local charity event for $7.50 each plus a $14.25 handling fee, while Website B offers the tickets for $8.50 plus a $3.25 handling fee. Which equation can be used to determine how many tickets need to be purchased in order for the cost to be the same?

Answer 1

14.25+7.50x=3.25+8.50x

Explanation:

From the information given, the equation that can be used to determine how many tickets need to be purchased in order for the cost to be the same would indicate that the price of purchasing tickets on website A would be equal to the price of purchasing tickets on website B, which is:

14.25+7.50x=3.25+8.50x, where x is the number of tickets purchased

14.25-3.25=8.50x-7.50x

11=x

x=11