Question

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The table below shows the ticket rates for whale watching trips offered by Orca Magic Tours.

Age Ticket Price
Under 3 years free
3 to 12 years $32
Over 12 years $44

On a certain day, the company took 82 people on whale watching trips. There were 54 children aged 12 and under, of which some children were under 3 years. If x represents the number of children under three years, which equation can be used to find the value of x, where C represents the total amount of money collected from tickets that day?

Answer 1

the answer choices are:
A. (54 + x)32 + (82 - (54 + x)) ⋅ 44 = C

B.(54 - x)32 + (82 - 54) ⋅ 44 = C

C.(82 + x)32 + (82 - (54 + x)) ⋅ 44 = C

D.(82 - x)32 + (82 - 54) ⋅ 44 = C

Answer 2

Cost of under 3s + Cost of 3-12s + Cost of Over12s = C
What's the Cost of under 3s?

Answer 3

its free

Answer 4

right. so we can forget about that. it's just 0.
What about the cost of 3-12s.
That will equal the number of 3-12 times the cost per 3-12. The cost from the table is 32. What's an expression for the number of 3-12s...given that we know there are 54 kids 12 and under and x kids are under 3?

Answer 5

54 kids are 12 and under...but we don't want the under 3s..so we need to minus them out of the 54...so...the number of 3-12s is just:
54 - x