Question

for Carolina's birthday her mom took her and her for friends to the water park Carolina's mom paid $40 for 5 student tickets. what was the price for one student ticket?

Answer 1

That would be 40 divided by 5. So the price for one student ticket was $8.

Answer 2

`\$8`

Explanation:

Given: for Carolina's birthday her mom took her and her for friends to the water park Carolina's mom paid
`\$40` for
`5` student tickets.

To Find: price for one student ticket.

Solution:

Total number of student tickets bought by carolina's mom
`=5`

Total amount paid by carolina's mom for student tickets
`=\$40`

Now,

To determine cost of one student ticket we will divide total amount into
`5` equal parts.

cost of one student ticket
`=\frac{\text{total amount paid}}{\text{Total number of student ticket}}`

putting values

`(40)/(5)`

`\$8`

Hence cost of one student ticket is
`\$8`