Question

Tickets to the baseball game are on sale for $1.50 off the regular price. Dea buys 6 tickets. If her total cost is $51, what is the regular price of each ticket? Write and solve an equation of the form p(x±q)=r. Then write a sentence to explain your answer.

Answer 1

p(x - 1.50) = 51
p(x) = 52.50
The regular price of each ticket is $8.75.

Answer 2

wrong ,

look at my simple solution of the same problem a few posts above this

Answer 3

Tickets to the baseball game are on sale for $1.50 off the regular price. Dea buys 6 tickets. If her total cost is $51, what is the regular price of each ticket? Write and solve an equation of the form p(x±q)=r. Then write a sentence to explain your answer.