A family pays $8.00 to park at a concert. tickets for the concert cost $13.50 per person. the family spent a total of $89.00 for parking fees and tickets to the concert. the situation can be modeled by the equation 89 = 13.5n 8, where n represents the number of tickets purchased. how many concert tickets did the family purchase? tickets

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Holly Farmer

Mathematics

20 January, 07:08

A family pays $8.00 to park at a concert. tickets for the concert cost $13.50 per person. the family spent a total of $89.00 for parking fees and tickets to the concert. the situation can be modeled by the equation 89 = 13.5n 8, where n represents the number of tickets purchased. how many concert tickets did the family purchase? tickets

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Ezra Mckee · Answer 1

89 = total for tickets + parking

89 = 13.50n + 8

get n alone by subtracting 8 from each side

89-8=81

81=13.50n

divide by 13.50 to get n alone

81/13.50=13.50n/13.50

n=6