Four students about to purchase concert tickets for $18.50 for each ticket discover that
they may purchase a block of 5 tickets for $80.00. How much would each of the 4 save
if they can get a fifth person to join them and the 5 people equally divide the price of
the 5-ticket block? how do i go about trying to do this? i dont want the answer just an explanation on how to do it

Question

Four students about to purchase concert tickets for $18.50 for each ticket discover that
they may purchase a block of 5 tickets for $80.00. How much would each of the 4 save
if they can get a fifth person to join them and the 5 people equally divide the price of
the 5-ticket block?  how do i go about trying to do this? i dont want the answer just an explanation on how to do it

anonymous · Answer

4 students each paid $18.50 for their tickets. So the total amount they paid was:

4 * 18.5 = ??

If they got a 5th partner to get 5 tickets for $80, then each student would only pay:

80 / 5 = ??