Dale decides to take his 7 year old son to a ballgame. The price for the adult ticket is 15 dollars more than twice the price of the child's ticket. If you represent the price for the child's ticket using the variable "x", how would you write the algebraic expression for the adult ticket price?

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mysesshou · Answer

child ticket = x

twice the price of child ticket is  = 2x 
15 dollars more than that, gives  = 2x+15

mysesshou · Answer

aren't word problems fun, eh?    :)

anonymous · Answer

:)