Joe decides to take his six year old son to the planetarium. The price for the child's ticket is 5.75 dollars less than the price for the adult'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's ticket price?

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anonymous · Answer

a = adult ticket

x + 5.75 = a

anonymous · Answer

how did u figure that out?

anonymous · Answer

If you know the childs ticket is 5.75 LESS than the adult, and x represents the price of the childs ticket. The, you just add 5.75 to the child's ticket to find out how much the adult ticket would be

anonymous · Answer

oh i would have never gotten that cause i thought u would subtract. thanks

anonymous · Answer

you're welcome :)

anonymous · Answer

:)