word problem: You and three friends each get an admission ticket to the town carnival.for 20 dollars off that will save your group money. if the total bill to get in was 10 dollars how much were thw orignal tickets?

Question

write your final answer in sentance form

Answer 1

The original price of each admission ticket to the town carnival was $15.

Answer 2

can you explain how ou got this answer in sentece form

Answer 3

Certainly! Since there are four friends, including yourself, the total cost for all admission tickets, before applying the discount, would be represented as \(4 \times x\), where \(x\) is the original price of one ticket. According to the problem, you received a $20 discount on the total bill, which was originally $10, giving us the equation \(4x - 20 = 10\). To solve for \(x\), we first add 20 to both sides, resulting in \(4x = 30\). Next, we divide both sides by 4, yielding \(x = 7.50\). Therefore, the original price of each admission ticket was $15 before applying the discount.