Question

A city bus collected $780 in fares on one day.
The price of a regular fare was $0.80, and the
price of a discount fare was $0.40. If a total of
1200 people paid the fares on this bus, how
many people paid the regular fare?
A 1000
B 1950
C 600
D 750

Answer 1

x= number of regular fares
1200-x= number of discount fares
.80x+.40(1200-x)=780

Answer 2

Can you solve the equation?

Answer 3

No, I'm still stuck

Answer 4

Multiply every term by 100 to remove all the decimal points.

Answer 5

I still don't get it

Answer 6

80x+40(1200-x)=78000

Answer 7

then do i plug in my answer into the equation or something?

Answer 8

Remove the parentheses by using the distributive property

Answer 9

80x+48000-40x=78000
40x+48000=78000
40x=30000
x=750
750 people paid the regular fare.

Answer 10

Where is the 48000 from?

Answer 11

40 times 12000

Answer 12

Ohh i see. I get it now. Thank you!

Answer 13

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