Question

Carnival M charges an entrance fee of $5.00 and $0.65 per ticket for the rides. Carnival P
charges an entrance fee of $10.00 and $0.45 per ticket for the rides. How many tickets must
be purchased in order for the total cost at Carnival M and Carnival P to be the same?

Answer 1

25 tickets

I put the information into this equation 5+0.65x=10+0.45x

I solved the equation by first subtracting the 0.45x from both sides to get the variable on one side. I was left with 5+0.20x=10. Then I subtracted the 5 from both sides and got 0.20x=5. Finally I divided both sides by 0.20 to get the X by itself and got X=25