Question

James’ college charges tuition based only on the number of credits a student takes. James paid $1218 to take 12 credits in the fall semester at a community college. How many credits did he take if he paid $1624 for the spring semester at the same college?
(pls answer i have no idea)

Answer 1

Answer:

16 credits

Step-by-step explanation:

Divide $1218 by 12 to find out how much 1 credit costs. It's $101.50

Because he paid $1624 total for spring, you'll divide that by $101.50 because it's per credit.

1624/101.5 = 16 credits.

hope this is good enough

Answer 2

Answer: 16 credits

Step-by-step explanation:

If the cost increases then the credits will increase. The question is asking that if he paid $1218 for 12 credits how many credits will he pay for $1624. Set up a proportional relationship and solve for the number of credits.

1218/ 12 = 1624/x   Cross multiply

1218x = 19488

x = 16  

This means he took 16 credits