SOLUTION: Tickets at a fair cost $0.75 each. You can also buy a roll of 25 tickets for $15. What is the total cost of each ticket if you buy a roll of tickets? By the way I don't get what th

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Question 1081495: Tickets at a fair cost $0.75 each. You can also buy a roll of 25 tickets for $15. What is the total cost of each ticket if you buy a roll of tickets? By the way I don't get what they are asking me to do in this problem, I don't understand it.
Found 3 solutions by josgarithmetic, rapture, MathTherapy:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39621)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
What is the total cost of each ticket if you buy a roll of tickets?
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You can also buy a roll of 25 tickets for $15.
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What is the price for ONE ticket, if a roll is purchased?





-----------dollars per ticket


The question is either a proportion or a units conversion problem.

Answer by rapture(86)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Total cost per ticket = total cost of tickets divided by the number of tickets

Total cost per ticket = 15/25

Total cost per ticket = 0.60

Total cost per ticket = 60 cents

Answer by MathTherapy(10555)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Tickets at a fair cost $0.75 each. You can also buy a roll of 25 tickets for $15. What is the total cost of each ticket if you buy a roll of tickets? By the way I don't get what they are asking me to do in this problem, I don't understand it.
Just divide the total cost ($15) by the number (25) of tickets to get the cost, per ticket. 
That's all....nothing COMPLEX and/or CONFUSING!!
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