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OpenStudy (anonymous):

a family buys airline tickets online. each ticket costs 167$. the family buys flight insurancewich cost 19$ per ticketthe website charges a fee of 16 dollars for the entire purchase the family is charged a total of 1132, how many tickets did the family buy?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

6 tickets good sir....

OpenStudy (anonymous):

do you want to know why?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i want to knowmhow? like can u show me the equation

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yes, first since the $19 is for each ticket and one ticket costs $167, one ticket with insurance is $186. Follow?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yup

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ty

OpenStudy (anonymous):

and since the $16 is for the purchase of all tickets, you can subtract that from the total. You got it?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

After subtraction you get 1116 dollars.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

divide that by the price of each ticket ($186) you end up with 6.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

got it?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yup

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