Example Problem: Buying tickets for an event Solution: 6 tickets
Practice makes perfect
We are asked to write a real-life problem modeled by the following equation.
5x=30If we let $ 5 be the price of a ticket to a show and x be the number of people going, 5 * x=5x represents the total price for all the tickets. Now, since we are modeling the equation, the total cost of the tickets must equal $ 30. We are ready to write our problem.
We are buying tickets for a group of friends. Each ticket costs $5 and altogether we paid $30. How many tickets did we buy?
We bought 6 tickets to the show. Keep in mind this is just one possible expression for this problem. We can write an infinite number of situations that could be modeled by the given equation or one equivalent to it.
