SOLUTION: It coats John $13.50 to take Mary out for the evening 60 percent of this total was for theater tickets. What was the coat of each ticket?

SOLUTION: It coats John $13.50 to take Mary out for the evening 60 percent of this total was for theater tickets. What was the coat of each ticket?

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Question 717711: It coats John $13.50 to take Mary out for the evening 60 percent of this total was for theater tickets. What was the coat of each ticket?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
60% of $13.50 is 0.6*13.50 = 8.10

Cut this figure in half to get 8.10/2 = 4.05

So the cost of each ticket was $4.05
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