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Jake paid $13.50 for admission to the country fair and bought 9 tickets to play games. If he spent a total of $36, what is the cost, c, of one ticket? Write and solve an equation.

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Answer:

  $2.50

Step-by-step explanation:

Jake's total expenditure is ...

  total = admission + c × (number of tickets)

  36 = 13.50 + 9c . . . an equation to solve

  4 = 1.50 +c . . . . . . . divide by 9

  2.50 = c . . . . the cost of one ticket

Each ticket cost Jake $2.50.

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