Patrick and his friends are heading to Zapper's Laser Tag. They plan to purchase the Zapper's group package, which will be $120 for 10 people. That's $5 less per person than the normal cost for a single player.

Question

1)) Which equation can you use to find the normal cost, s, for a single player?
55 - 10 = 120
10(5 - 5) = 120
5(5 - 10) = 120
10s - 5 = 120

Answer 1

To determine the normal cost, \( s \), for a single player given that the group package of $120 for 10 people is $5 less per person than the normal cost, we can set up the equation based on the information provided.

1. The cost per person in the group package is \( \frac{120}{10} = 12 \) dollars.
2. Since this is $5 less than the normal cost, we can express the normal cost as \( s = 12 + 5 = 17 \) dollars.

To find the correct equation, we can rearrange this relationship:

The group package costs $5 less than the normal cost per person for a single player, therefore: \[ s - 5 = 12 \]

Rearranging this gives us: \[ s = 12 + 5 \]

However, since we are asked to find which provided equation correctly reflects the relationship:

None of the equations given match directly. The equation that can directly be utilized to describe the total cost for 10 people, based on the cost for a single player, should be: \[ 10s - 50 = 120 \]

But since that's not one of the options, the closest and logically consistent equation from what's provided is: \[ 10s - 5 = 120 \]

So, if we were to apply the $5 per person difference correctly would actually be: \[ 10s - 50 = 120 \] (not given), hence: The equation to use is \( 10s - 5 = 120 \).