Question

A school is arranging a field trip to the zoo. The school spends 538.92 dollars on passes for 33 students and 3 teachers. The school also spends 290.07 dollars on lunch for just the students. How much money was spent on a pass and lunch for each student?

Answer 1

a pass is $14.97 and a lunch is $8.79 for a single student.

i divided the total of passes by 36 (teachers & students combined) which is 14.97. then i divide the total lunch money spent by 33 (just the students) and got 8.79.