Question

Rico spent $87.00 to go to the movies on Friday night. He spent $25.75 on popcorn and drinks and paid $12.25 for each movie ticket he bought. Which equation and solution show how many movie tickets Rico purchased on Friday night?

Answer 1

12.25 
x=25 hope this helps

Answer 2

Well, you're given the values you need to create an equation. So let's take it step by step. He spent $25.75 on popcorn. Then he paid 12.25 for each movie ticket. We don't know how many movie tickets he bought, so we'll put x as the number of tickets for now. In total he spent, 87 dollars. 

So the equation should look like 25.75 + 12.25x = 87.00

Once you have the equation, you now have to solve for x. So let's get x by itself! 

Subtract both sides by 25.75. So you'll have 12.25x = 61.25. 

Divide both sides by 12.25, and you should get x=5, which means Rico bought 5 movie tickets.