Online concert tickets cost $37 each, plus a service charge of $8.50 per ticket. The Web site also charges a transaction fee of $14.99 for the purchase. You paid $242.49. How many tickets did you buy?

Answer 1

Let's assume you bought x tickets.

The cost of each ticket is $37 + $8.50 = $<<37+8.5=45.5>>45.50.
The total cost of tickets is x * $45.50.
The total cost of tickets and transaction fee is x * $45.50 + $14.99.

Given that you paid $242.49, we have the equation x * $45.50 + $14.99 = $242.49.
Subtracting $14.99 from both sides of the equation, we get: x * $45.50 = $227.50.
Dividing both sides of the equation by $45.50, we get: x = $227.50 / $45.50 = 5.

Therefore, you bought 5 tickets.