SOLUTION: A student may pay $1.50 for a single bus ticket or $5.75 for a package of 5 tickets. If a student requires 40 tickets, how much does she save by buying all of the tickets in packag

Question 284748: A student may pay $1.50 for a single bus ticket or $5.75 for a package of 5 tickets. If a student requires 40 tickets, how much does she save by buying all of the tickets in packages of 5 rather than buying 40 single tickets?
(A) $54.25 (B) $34.00 (C) $14.00 (D) $8.25 (E) $4.25
Answer by eggsarecool(46) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Ok so to buy 40 tickets in packets of 5 means youe need 8 packets.
So 8 packets of 5 tickets costs . So 40 tickets in packets costs $46
Now for single tickets . So buying 40 single tickets costs $60
The differance is the ammount he saves . So he saves $14
Which is answer C
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