1. The county fair charges $1.25 per ticket for the rides. Jermaine bought 25 tickets for the rides and spent a total of $43.75 at the fair. Jermaine spent his money only on ride tickets and fair admission. The price of the fair admission is the same for everyone. Use y to represent the total cost and x to represent the number of ride tickets.

(a) Define your variables.

(b) Write a linear equation that can be used to determine the cost for anyone who only pays for ride tickets and fair admission.

(c) Explain your answer to Part 1b.

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Mathematics

Adelaide Patrick

5 November, 08:53

1. The county fair charges $1.25 per ticket for the rides. Jermaine bought 25 tickets for the rides and spent a total of $43.75 at the fair. Jermaine spent his money only on ride tickets and fair admission. The price of the fair admission is the same for everyone. Use y to represent the total cost and x to represent the number of ride tickets.

(a) Define your variables.

(b) Write a linear equation that can be used to determine the cost for anyone who only pays for ride tickets and fair admission.

(c) Explain your answer to Part 1b.

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Rylee Mckee · Answer 1

(a) x=number of tickets y=cost of tickets

(b) 1.25 (x) = y

(c) The equation would be the valid formula to find the cost of any amount of tickets purchased.