Question

Latavia purchased adult and child tickets for the fall festival. Tickets cost $14.88 for each adult and $8.88 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 Latavia purchased. (15 points) 1. Rewrite as an equation 2. solve the inequality 3. Show your work

Answer 1

Answer:The expression which represent the total cost of the tickets latavia purchased is:

$14.88x+$8.88y

Explanation:

Cost of one ticket for adult is: $ 14.88

and cost of one ticket for child is: $ 8.88

let x represent the number of adult tickets purchased and y represent the number of child tickets purchased.

Hence, total cost of the tickets purchased=

cost of x tickets for adult+ Cost of y tickets for child.

= $14.88x+$8.88y