SOLUTION: if 15 tickets for a baseball game cost $97.50, how many tickets can be bought for $71.50?

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Question 848633: if 15 tickets for a baseball game cost $97.50, how many tickets can be bought for $71.50?
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if 15 tickets for a baseball game cost $97.50, how many tickets can be bought for $71.50?
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Let x = number of tickets bought for $71.50

(cost of n tickets)/(number of tickets) = (cost of n tickets)/(number of tickets)

(97.50)/(15) = (71.50)/(x)

(97.50)*(x) = (15)*(71.50) ... cross multiply

97.5x = 1072.5

x = 1072.5/97.5

x = 11

So you can buy 11 tickets for $71.50