Question

11) Bob wants to go to the movies with his friends. The movie theater charges 58 per ticket. Bob's friends reserve $48.00 worth of tickets in advance. How many people in total can attend the movie?b) Write an equation that includes the number of people attending the movie, the price of each ticket, and the total cost of the movie.c) Solve the equation you wrote in part (b), make sure you show all steps.

Answer 1

b)

Let the number of people attending the movies be "n".

The price of each ticket = 8

Total Cost = 48

Thus, we can write the equation as:

$8n=48$

c)

To solve the equation, we need to isolate n. For that, we divide both sides by 8. Thus, we get:

$\begin{gathered} 8n=48 \\ \frac{8n}{8}=\frac{48}{8} \\ n=6 \end{gathered}$

The number of people that can attend is 6