A family purchased tickets to a museum and spent a total of $38.00. The family purchased 4 tickets. There was a $1.50 purchasing
fee for each ticket. Write and solve an equation that can be used to solve for x, when x = the cost of one ticket to the museum. Show your work AND explain your answer.
The family purchases 4 tickets. Each tickets cost x dollars with a purchase fee of $1.50. So we need to multiply 4 times the sum of x plus $1.50. The total cost of the tickets needs to be $38.00.
