Jan and 4 of her friends plan to spend a day at the zoo seeing as many animals they can They each purchase a ticket for admission, and they split a pizza for lunch. The pizza costs $20. The total amount of money that was spent on their zoo day was $80. Create an equation to represent the situation. What is the cost for each ticket?
Let
x ------> the cost for each ticket
we have that
Jan and 4 of her friends--------> 5 persons
so
5x+20=80 ------> equation that represent the situation
solve for x
5x=80-20
5x=60
x=$12
therefore
the cost of each ticket is $12