Question

The cost of a ticket to an amusement park was increased by 4 dollars. The new cost is twenty-eight dollars.

a. Write a one-step equation that could be solved to find the old price. Let p represent the old price.
b. Solve the equation you wrote in Part a. Show all your work.
c. Explain how you know that the solution you found in Part b is the correct answer

Answer 1

a) 28-4=p

Answer 2

2) Just solve for p

Answer 3

THANKS I GOT CONFUSED :D

Answer 4

3) We will do after you found a and b

Answer 5

b)24

Answer 6

Ok, to check your answer, you add 4, (because it said the price increased by 4 dollars), and see if you find 28.

Answer 7

ok so 28?

Answer 8

No, 24 is your answer, I just tried to help with part c, since it equals 28, you know that 24, your original answer is correct

Answer 9

cause u add 4 to 24

Answer 10

I know

Answer 11

Yes, and it equals our new cost