Can someone please help me? I've been stuck on this for two days

Leo is planning a trip with his friends by renting a bus. He found that the bus costs $75.50 for 5 people. If he is planning to go with 13 people and himself, how much money will Leo pay for the bus? How much money will Leo spend? Use a proportion to solve. Show your work

So, you have to figure out what the cost for one person is 75.50/5=15.10 Then if there's 14 people going on the bus you multiply that by 14 15.10*14=211.40

75.50/5=s
s*14=a
A= How much it would cost
A=211.40

First, you would have to divide 75.50 by 5, this gives you 15.10, multiply THAT by fourteen, this (my personal calculations gave me) 211.40... Jaxson was very, very correct.

Sure, I can help you with that! To find out how much money Leo will pay for the bus, we can set up a proportion using the number of people.

The proportion can be set up like this:

5 people -> $75.50
14 people -> x (unknown amount of money Leo will pay)

To solve this proportion, we can use cross-multiplication. This involves multiplying the numerator of one ratio by the denominator of the other ratio, and vice versa.

Thus, the equation becomes:

5 * x = 75.50 * 14

To find the value of x, we can solve the equation:

5x = 1057

Now, let's solve for x:

x = 1057 / 5

x ≈ $211.40

Therefore, Leo will pay approximately $211.40 for the bus.

Now, to calculate how much money Leo will spend in total, we need to add the $211.40 he pays for the bus to the cost of his own ticket. Since the cost of Leo's ticket is not mentioned in the question, we'll assume it is the same as everyone else's, which is $75.50.

So, Leo will spend:

$211.40 (bus cost) + $75.50 (his own ticket) = $286.90

Therefore, Leo will spend approximately $286.90 for the bus and his own ticket.