Question

Jenny and her children went to the SeaWorld.She purchased adult ticket for herself and children tickets for her 2 boys. Tickets cost $39.99 for one adult and $19.99 for each child. Let x represent the number of adult ticket purchase and y represent the number of child tickets purchase. Write an expression to represent the total cost of the tickets Jenny purchased

Answer 1

Given:

She purchased adult ticket for herself and children tickets for her 2 boys.

Cost of one adult ticket = $39.99

Cost of one child ticket = $19.99

To find:

The expression to represent the total cost of the tickets Jenny purchased.

Solution:

Let x represent the number of adult ticket purchase

and y represent the number of child tickets purchase.

Cost of one adult ticket = $39.99

Cost of one child ticket = $19.99

Total cost = 39.99x + 19.99y

Therefore, the expression for total cost is 39.99x + 19.99y.

She purchased one adult ticket and 2 child tickets.

Substitute x=1 and y=2 in the above expression.

Total cost = 39.99(1) + 19.99(2)

               = 39.99 + 39.98

               = 79.97

Therefore, the required expression to represent the total cost of the tickets Jenny purchased is 39.99(1) + 19.99(2) and total cost is $79.97.