Tickets to the baseball game are on sale for $1.50 off the regular price. Dea buys 6 tickets. If her total cost is $51, what is the regular price of each ticket? Write and solve an equation of the form p(x+q)=r. Then write a sentence to explain your answer

Answer 1

Let x be the regular price of each ticket.
The discounted price Dea pays for each ticket is x - $1.50.
Dea buys 6 tickets at this discounted price, so she spends 6(x - $1.50) = $51.
Simplifying the equation, we have 6x - $9 = $51.
Adding $9 to both sides gives 6x = $60.
Finally, dividing both sides by 6 gives x = $10.
Therefore, the regular price of each ticket is $10.