Question

At the carnival, Marsha bought 10 ride tickets and 3 snacks. Each ride ticket costs $1.50 less than a snack. Marshaspent a total of $24.00. Write and solve an equation to find the cost of each snack?

Answer 1

Answer:

$3

Explanation:

• Let the cost of a snack = x

Each ride ticket costs $1.50 less than a snack, therefore:

• The cost of a ride ticket = $(x - 1.50)

$\begin{gathered} \text{Cost of 3 snacks=}3\times x=3x \\ \text{Cost of 10 ride tickets}=10\mleft(x-1.50\mright) \end{gathered}$

Since Marsha spent a total of $24.00, we have:

$3x+10(x-1.50)=24$

We then solve for x.

$\begin{gathered} 3x+10x-15=24 \\ 13x=24+15 \\ 13x=39 \\ x=\frac{39}{13} \\ x=\ 3 \end{gathered}$

The cost of each snack is $3.