Question

Admission for a state fair is $10, and each ride ticket is $2.50.Write an expression to represent the situation.

Answer 1

10 + 2.50x

Explanation:

What helps is solving word problems without any numbers.

If we wanted the cost of the total we would have:

Admission Cost + Ride Ticket Cost = Total Cost

We use "x" to represent how many ride tickets there is.