Question

A traveling circus with thrill rides charges $6 for admission plus $2.50 for each ride you take. If you pay $31.00 total, how many rides did you take?

Answer 1

Answer:

10 rides

Step-by-step explanation:

$6 is for admission (fixed), so if you paid $31 in total, $6 went to admission, so you had $31 - $6 = $25 left for the rides.

If each ride costs $2.50 and you have $25 to ride, the number of rides you took was:

$\frac{25}{2.5}=10$

So 10 rides