Question

Jane is selling tickets for a middle school talent show. The winner gets 25% of the money collected from ticket sales. Tickets are $20 for adults and 10 for students. Write an expression to represent how much the winner gets to keep.

Let a represent the number of adults

and

Let s represent the number of students

Answer 1

Ansor:

`(A + S)/(0.25)`

lep-by-rep explinayshun:

to make this simple, lets say only two tickets were sold, one an adult ticket and one a student ticket, then the following applies:

A = $20 S = $10

25% of A ($20) = $5

25% of S ($10) = $2.5

A ($20) + S ($10) = $30

25% of $30 = $7.5

$5 + $2.5 = $7.5

25.0% = 0.25 to convert a percentage to a decimal just move the decimal from the right side two numbers over to the left. then take away the percent sign

so then A ($20) + S($10) = $7.5

0.25

remember, this explanation is for if only 1 adult ticket and 1 student ticket sold. for the actual equation that represents how much money the winner gets after x amout of tickets are sold, look at the equation at the top under Ansor

Answer 2

Prize money = (1/4)×(20a+10s)

Explanation:

In a more readable format:

`M = (1)/(4) (20a+10s) = ((20a+10s))/(4)`

Because 20a+10s represents the total amount of money collected. You divide it by four to get 25%.