A movie theater ticket booth opens at 10 am. There are four tellers who divide the customers evenly. The tellers have served 16 customers so far this morning. which expression represents the unknown number of customers each teller will serve? Let c represent the additional number off customers.
a: 16 + c OVER 4
b: 4(16 + c)
c: c - 16 OVER 4
d: 16c OVER 4
The correct expression that represents the unknown number of customers each teller will serve is:
a: 16 + c OVER 4
To determine the expression that represents the unknown number of customers each teller will serve, we can follow the given information.
We are told that there are four tellers who divide the customers evenly, and they have served 16 customers so far this morning. Let's set up an equation to represent this situation.
If "c" represents the additional number of customers each teller will serve, then the total number of customers served is 16 + c.
Since there are four tellers, the total number of customers served will be divided equally among them. Therefore, the expression representing the unknown number of customers each teller will serve is (16 + c) / 4.
Thus, the correct answer is option a: 16 + c OVER 4.