Question

You spend a total of $11.50 at the Howard County Fair on admission and ride tickets. Admission to the fair is $4 per person. It cost 0.50 each ride ticket. How many tickets did you purchase?

Answer 1

You bought 15 tickets

Explanation

You want the equation to be equal to 11.50. Per person it's 4 dollars so you add 4 each time. The amount it costs for each ride ticket is .5 and you want to go on multiple rides so you'd add a variable to .5 and set the equation to

0.50n + 4 = 11.50 which gives you 15 tickets.