At a water park, $8 buys 15 tickets. Sue is going to spend $96 on tickets. How many tickets will $96 buy her?

Answer 1

Since $8 buys 15 tickets, we can set up a proportion to find out how many tickets Sue can buy with $96.

$8 is to 15 tickets as $96 is to x tickets.

$8/15 = $96/x

Cross multiply:
8x = 15 * 96
8x = 1440

Divide both sides by 8:
x = 1440/8
x = 180

Therefore, Sue can buy 180 tickets with $96.