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A family purchased tickets to a museum and spent a total of $70.00. The family

purchased 5 tickets. There was a $1.50 processing fee for each ticket. Write and solve
an equation that can be used to find x, the cost of one ticket to the museum. The equation must involve a variable. Show your work or explain your answer.

User Nahida
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Answer: 12.5

Step-by-step explanation:1.50*5=7.5

7.5-70=62.5

62.5 divided by 5 = 12.5

User Andrewmo
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x(5)+1.50=70
-1.50. -1.50
x(5)= 68.5
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5 5
x=13.7

hope this helps :)
User Dan Li
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