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It costs John $13.50 to take Mary out for the evening. Sixty percent of this total was for theater tickets. What was the cost of each ticket?

Answer 1

I found: #$4.05# for one ticket.

We can write #60%# as #0.6# to be used as: #0.6*(13.50)=8.1# dollars, corresponding to the price od two tickets: So it will be: #8.1/2=4.05# dollars for one ticket.

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Answer 2

Cameron Arnold

To find the cost of each theater ticket, follow these steps:

Calculate the total cost for theater tickets, which is 60% of $13.50.
Since the question implies that the cost for the theater tickets is for both John and Mary, divide the total cost for theater tickets by 2 to find the cost of each ticket.

Let's calculate the cost of each ticket.The cost of each theater ticket was $4.05.

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Answer from HIX Tutor

When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.