Mr. Drumm is purchasing tickets for a school museum visit. The Museum of Natural History charges a $25 group fee plus $5 per stu

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Mr. Drumm is purchasing tickets for a school museum visit. The Museum of Natural History charges a $25 group fee plus $5 per stu

dent. The Museum of Modern Art charges a group fee of $35 plus $4 per student. To pay the same amount at each museum, how many tickets will Mr. Drumm have to order?

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Greeley [361] · Answer 1 · 2022-07-02T09:36:00+03:00

Greeley [361]3 years ago

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Answer:

10 tickets

Step-by-step explanation:

25 + 5x = 35 + 4x

solve for x:

subtract 25 from both sides...

5x = 35 - 25 + 4x

subtract 4x from both sides...

5x - 4x = 10

x = 10, 10 tickets.