For a large group of students, the Boston Ballet charges a flat rate of $50.00, plus $15.00 per ticket. How much would a school need to take a class of 25 students to see The Nutcracker? Use an equation with two variables to solve this problem.

Question

A) $1,265.00
B) $50.00
C) $375.00
D) $425.00

Answer 1

To find out how much a school would need to take a class of 25 students to see The Nutcracker, we can set up an equation.

Let \( x \) be the number of students (in this case, \( x = 25 \)). The cost \( C \) can be represented by the equation:

\[ C = 50 + 15x \]

Now we can substitute \( x = 25 \) into the equation:

\[ C = 50 + 15(25) \] \[ C = 50 + 375 \] \[ C = 425 \]

Therefore, the total cost for the school to take 25 students to see The Nutcracker is \( C = 425 \).

The answer is D) $425.00.