Joseph wants to buy tickets for the baseball game and a team hat to wear to the game. He has $34.25. If the hat costs $12.50 and tickets cost $7.25 each, how many tickets can he buy?(1 point)

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Responses

2 tickets
2 tickets

6 tickets
6 tickets

1 ticket
1 ticket

3 tickets

Answer 1

To determine how many tickets Joseph can buy, we first need to calculate how much money he has left after purchasing the hat.

1. Calculate the cost of the hat:

   • Hat cost: $12.50

2. Subtract the cost of the hat from Joseph's total amount:

   • Remaining amount = Total amount - Cost of the hat
   • Remaining amount = $34.25 - $12.50 = $21.75

3. Now, calculate how many tickets he can buy with the remaining amount:

   • Ticket cost: $7.25
   • Number of tickets = Remaining amount ÷ Ticket cost
   • Number of tickets = $21.75 ÷ $7.25 ≈ 3

Since he can buy 3 tickets within his remaining budget, the correct response is:

3 tickets