Question

general admission tickets to the fair cost $3.50 per person rides pass cost an additional $5 and fifty per person parking cost $6 for the family the total cost of the ride passes and parking was $51 how many people in the family attended the fair

Answer 1

Total people x,

then, 3.5x + 5.5x + 6 = 51

simplify, 9x +6 = 51

subtract 6 on both sides, 9x= 45

divide by 9 on both sides, x= 5

therefore, total 5 people in the family.