Cinema A sells a twelve-pack of movie passes for $66. Cinema B sells a five-pack of movie passes for $28.
a. Find the cost per movie pass for each cinema. Which offer is cheaper per movie pass?
b. How much do you save per movie pass if you choose the cheaper offer?
compare 66/12 and 28/5
This is a rate problem. Set up the rate as (cost)/(# of tickets). Next, find the unit rate (unit rate is when the bottom quantity is 1). If you don't remember how to find unit rate, go check with your math teacher or visit their Message Board.
To find the cost per movie pass for each cinema, we need to divide the total cost by the number of movie passes in each pack.
a. Cinema A sells a twelve-pack of movie passes for $66. Therefore, the cost per movie pass at Cinema A is $66 divided by 12, which equals $5.50.
Cinema B sells a five-pack of movie passes for $28. Thus, the cost per movie pass at Cinema B is $28 divided by 5, which equals $5.60.
Comparing the two offers, we can see that Cinema A offers a cheaper price per movie pass ($5.50) compared to Cinema B ($5.60).
b. To calculate the savings per movie pass, we need to find the difference between the cost per movie pass at Cinema A and the cost per movie pass at Cinema B.
The savings per movie pass will be $5.60 (Cinema B's cost per movie pass) minus $5.50 (Cinema A's cost per movie pass), which is $0.10.
Therefore, if you choose Cinema A's offer, you would save $0.10 per movie pass compared to Cinema B's offer.