Question

Salim wants to purchase tickets from a vendor to watch a tennis match. The vendor charges a one-time service fee for processing the purchase of the tickets. The equation T = 15n +12 represents the total amount T, in dollars, Salim will pay for n tickets. What does 12 represent in the equation?

Answer 1

Given:

The equation $T=15n+12$ represents the total amount T, in dollars, Salim will pay for n tickets.

To find:

What does 12 represent in the equation?

Solution:

The vendor charges a one-time service fee for processing the purchase of the tickets.

We have, the equation

$T=15n+12$

Here, 15 is the coefficient of n and 12 is constant.

If n is number of tickets then 15 must be the price of each ticket.

12 is free from variable and it is fixed. So, it represents one-time service fee for processing the purchase of the tickets.

Therefore, 12 represents that one-time service fee for processing the purchase of the tickets is $12.