Question

The science club at the local high school went on a field trip to a museum and a movie. They paid $170 for 40 tickets to the space museum and $180 for 45 tickets to the movies. For which activity did the science club pay more per ticket? How do you know?(1 point) Responses the movies because they paid the most money the movies because they paid the most money the space museum because the ratio for the space museum is higher than the ratio for the movies the space museum because the ratio for the space museum is higher than the ratio for the movies the movies because the ratio for the movies is higher than the ratio for the space museum the movies because the ratio for the movies is higher than the ratio for the space museum the movies because they sold more tickets

Answer 1

To determine which activity the science club paid more per ticket for, we need to calculate the cost per ticket for both the space museum and the movies.

1. **Space Museum:**
- Total cost: $170
- Number of tickets: 40
- Cost per ticket = Total cost / Number of tickets = $170 / 40 = $4.25

2. **Movies:**
- Total cost: $180
- Number of tickets: 45
- Cost per ticket = Total cost / Number of tickets = $180 / 45 = $4.00

Now that we have the cost per ticket:

- Space Museum: $4.25 per ticket
- Movies: $4.00 per ticket

Since $4.25 (space museum) is greater than $4.00 (movies), the science club paid more per ticket for the space museum.

**The correct response is:** the space museum because the ratio for the space museum is higher than the ratio for the movies.