The Parent Teacher Organization has raised $1800 to help pay for a year-end trip to an amusement park. They ask that there be one adult for every five students attending. Adult tickets cost $45 and student tickets cost $30. If the group wants to take 50 students, how much will each student need to pay so that adults agreeing to chaperone pay nothing?a.$5b.$40c.$150d.$3
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The answer you are looking for would be D. $3
This is found by divding 50 (number of students) by 5 (number of students per chaperone). This shows there are 10 chaperones.
Multiply 10 and 45 (cost of adult tickets) to get $450. Then multiply 50 and 30 (cost of student tickets) to get $1,500.
Next you'd add 1,500 and 450 together to show the total ticket cost, which is $1,950. Since the organization raised $1,800 already, you'd subtract it from $1,950, to get $150.
Finally, divide $150 by 50 to show how much each student pays.