Question

Tickets to the zoo cost $12 for adults (x) and $8 for children (y). The school has a budget of $240 for the field trip.

Use your equation and/or your graph to calculate how many children will be able to go to the zoo if 8 adult tickets are purchased.
Equation=
12x+8y=240

Answer 1

y=18

Explanation:

The equation for this problem would be c=12x+8y (c being the total cost of tickets) If you plug in 240 for c, the equation is 240=12x+8y. From there, you know that 8 adult tickets are purchased, so we can plug 8 in for x. So 240=12(8)+8(y) Since the goal is to solve for y, you just simplify the equation.