2-3 Solve It!
This problem
has a twist. The
unknown amount
occurs twice.
You are buying movie tickets online for a group of your friends. You
have to enter the number of tickets you want on the screen shown.
You are using a debit card to pay for the tickets and have a total of
$45 to spend. How many tickets can you buy? Explain your answer.
Number of tickets you would like to purchase:
Ticket price
$9.00 ×
number
of tickets
Processing fee
+ $1.00 × number
of tickets
Service charge
+
$5.00
Total
= $
2-3 Lesson Quiz
1. What is the solution of 7x 1 14 2 3x 5 30?
2. Do you UNDERSTAND? Lisa buys a dozen apples and two
oranges. Jeremy buys six apples. Oranges cost $1 each,
and they spent $9 total. How could you define variables to
find the cost of the apples and oranges?
3. What is the solution of 6(3 2 2x) 5 54?
2x
x
4. What is the solution of 5 2 2 5 40?
5. What is the solution of 1.4 2 0.04x 5 5.20?
Answers
Solve It!
Lesson Quiz
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4 tickets; explanations may vary.
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1. 4
2. Answers may vary. Sample:
Define a 5 the cost of
apples and x 5 the cost of
oranges.
3. 23
4. 2400
5. 295
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