The science club at the local high school went on a field trip to a museum and a movie. They paid $170 for 40 tickets to the space museum and $180 for 45 tickets to the movies. For which activity did the science club pay more per ticket? How do you know?(1 point)
Responses
the movies because they sold more tickets
the movies because they sold more tickets
the space museum because the ratio for the space museum is higher than the ratio for the movies
the space museum because the ratio for the space museum is higher than the ratio for the movies
the movies because the ratio for the movies is higher than the ratio for the space museum
the movies because the ratio for the movies is higher than the ratio for the space museum
the movies because they paid the most money
The correct response is: the movies because the ratio for the movies is higher than the ratio for the space museum.
To determine which activity the science club paid more per ticket for, we need to compare the ratios of ticket cost to the number of tickets bought for each activity.
For the space museum:
Ticket cost per ticket = $170 / 40 = $4.25 per ticket
For the movies:
Ticket cost per ticket = $180 / 45 = $4 per ticket
The ratio for the space museum is $4.25 per ticket, while the ratio for the movies is $4 per ticket. Since the ratio for the movies is lower, it means the science club paid more per ticket for the movies.