Question

Six friends all use $2-off coupons to buy themselves movie tickets. They spend a total of $42.what is the price of me movie ticket without the coupon

Answer 1

Let x be the price of movie ticket. The ticket price after use off coupon is,

$x-2$

The price of six friends ticket is,

$6(x-2)$

The total money spend on tickets is 42. So,

$6(x-2)=42$

Solve the equation for x.

$\begin{gathered} 6(x-2)=42 \\ x-2=\frac{42}{6} \\ x=7+2 \\ =9 \end{gathered}$

So price of ticket without the coupon is 9.

Answer: 9