Question

Paula purchased adult and child tickets for the carnival. Tickets cost $19.95 for each adult and $9.95 for each child. Let x represent the number of adult tickets purchased and y represent the number of child tickets purchased. Write an expression to represent the total cost of the tickets Paula purchased.

A. $19.95x + $9.95y
B. $19.95y + $9.95x
C.($19.95 + $9.95)(x + y)
D. ($19.95 - $9.95)(x + y)
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Answer 1

What do you think?

Answer 2

i don't know

Answer 3

x represents the number of adult tickets.
The cost of an adult ticket is 19.95

Answer 4

So the adult tickets would be represented by 19.95x

Answer 5

So lets say 3 adult tickets were sold.
you would replace the x with 3
19.95(3)=59.85

Answer 6

So that's how this type of equation works

Answer 7

How would you represent the child tickets?

Answer 8

i dont know

Answer 9

how much are child tickets

Answer 10

$9.95

Answer 11

is it A

Answer 12

ya

Answer 13

Do you understand?

Answer 14

yes

Answer 15

thank you