SOLUTION: Five friends went to an amusement park. They all paid the same amount for admission which totaled $63.75. Write an equation to represent the cost of admission for any number of fri

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Question 1160183: Five friends went to an amusement park. They all paid the same amount for admission which totaled $63.75. Write an equation to represent the cost of admission for any number of friends.
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Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) About Me  (Show Source):
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Price for admission was %2863.75%2F5%29%28dollars%2Fperson%29=12.75%28dollars%2Fperson%29.


For any p number of people, the cost (as an expression) would be 12.75p dollars.







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Answer by greenestamps(13200) About Me  (Show Source):
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The other tutor is having an especially bad day; he didn't read the problem correctly.

The TOTAL cost for 5 people is $63.75; the cost PER PERSON is $63.75/5 = $12.75.

An EQUATION for the total cost for n people is then

C = ($12.75)n