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?

Question

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?

Answer 1

To determine which activity the science club paid more per ticket for, we can divide the total cost by the number of tickets for each activity.

For the space museum, they paid $170 for 40 tickets, so the cost per ticket is $170/40 = $4.25.

For the movies, they paid $180 for 45 tickets, so the cost per ticket is $180/45 = $4.

Comparing the costs per ticket, we see that the science club paid more per ticket for the space museum activity ($4.25) compared to the movies activity ($4). Therefore, they paid more per ticket for the space museum.