Question

The Parent Teacher Organization has raised $1800 to help pay for a year-end trip to an amusement park. They ask that there be one adult for every five students attending. Adult tickets cost $45 and student tickets cost $30. If the group wants to take 50 students, how much will each student need to pay so that adults agreeing to chaperone pay nothing?
a.

$5
b.

$40
c.

$150
d.

$3

Answer 1

The answer you are looking for would be D. $3

This is found by divding 50 (number of students) by 5 (number of students per chaperone). This shows there are 10 chaperones.

Multiply 10 and 45 (cost of adult tickets) to get $450. Then multiply 50 and 30 (cost of student tickets) to get $1,500.

Next you'd add 1,500 and 450 together to show the total ticket cost, which is $1,950. Since the organization raised $1,800 already, you'd subtract it from $1,950, to get $150.

Finally, divide $150 by 50 to show how much each student pays.

I hope this helps!

Answer 2

Answer:

D. $3

Step-by-step explanation: