Question

A theater company charges $9.50 per ticket for people of all age groups. If c represents the total number of children who bought tickets and a represents the total number of adults who bought tickets, which expression best represents the total money earned by the company from the sale of tickets?

9.5c + a
9.5(c + a)
c + 9.5a
19(c + a)

Answer 1

c= number of children tickets
a= number of adult tickets

In the equation, $9.50 per ticket must be multiplied by each c and a in order to calculate the total.

($9.50 * c) + ($9.50 * a)

since each term has $9.50 in it, we can pull out the common $9.50 in each

$9.50(c + a)

this expression now means that we must multiply $9.50 by c and then multiply $9.50 by a (using the distributive property)


ANSWER: $9.50(c + a) - the second choice down

Hope this helps! :)

Answer 2

Hello there!

A theater company charges $9.50 per ticket for people of all age groups. If c represents the total number of children who bought tickets and a represents the total number of adults who bought tickets, which expression best represents the total money earned by the company from the sale of tickets? 


Answer: B. 9.5(c + a) 
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Explanation:


Every ticket costs $9.50

And c + a is the total number of people who bought tickets

So, to find the total price, you must multiply the ticket price by the amount of tickets sold.


I hope I helped!

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~ Zoe