Maybe, the price went down $20 eight times?
Let us denote the number of tiles by

.
In the first store, if Darin bought

tiles, he would need to spend:

(measured in $)
In the second store, if Darin bought

tiles, he would need to spend:

(measured in $)
For the cost to be the same at both stores, it means (measured in $)

Moving

over to the left hand side and changing signs:

tiles
Let's check. If he buys 60 tiles in the first store, he spends:
$0.79×60 + $24 = $47.40 + $24 = $71.40
If he buys 60 tiles in the second store, he spends:
$1.19×60 = $71.40
∴
Darin needs to buy 60 tiles for the cost to be the same at both stores.
Answer:
It equals a negative number because there is a negative and a postive which will result in a negative answer.
We model the ticket as a rectangle.
For this case what you should know is that the perimeter of the rectangle is given by:
P = 2w + 2l
The area of the rectangle is given by:
A = w * l
In both cases:
w: width
l: long
We have the following system of equations:
32 = 2w + 2l
60 = w * l
Solving the system we obtain:
The dimensions of the ticket are:
(10 cm) * (6 cm)
Answer: the dimensions of the ticket are: (10 cm) * (6 cm) Note: see attached image for system solution
N equals 7. you need to subtract 0.6 from both sides and then multiply both sides by 5 to get the answer