We want to define and solve a linear equation to model the given case.
The answers are:
a) x = number of tickets, y = total cost.
b) y = $1.35*x + $6.35
We know that:
The tickets for each ride were $1.35 per ticket.
Paul purchased 30 tickets
He spent a total of $46.85 (on tickets and admission)
The cost for the 30 tickets is:
30*$1.35 = $40.50
a) Now we can define two variables:
y = total cost
x = number of tickets
b) the linear equation would be:
y = $1.35*x + P
Where P is the price of admission.
And we know that the total cost for 30 tickets is $46.85, then we have:
$46.85 = $40.50 + P
$46.85 - $40.50 = P = $6.35
So the admission price is $6.35
This means that the linear equation is:
y = $1.35*x + $6.35
c) Brief explanation, we have the variable y that represents the total cost, it is equal to the admission price (which we found) plus $1.35 times the number of tickets bought (x).
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