Question

The cost of a drive-in movie is $y per vehicle. A group of friends in a van shared the admission cost by paying $0.40 each. If 6 more friends had gone along, everyone would have paid only $0.25 each. What is the value of $y?
1. $4
2. $6
3.$8
4.$10
5.$12

Answer 1

0.4x= y .......(1)
0.25(x+6) = y .........(2)
where x is the initial no. of friends

On solving, y= $4