Denny bought tickets to the circus. He bought 3 child tickets. The child tickets were $5 less than the adult tickets. He spent $45 total. Which equation can be used to find the price of an adult ticket, t?
Let's assume that the price of an adult ticket is t dollars.
Since the child tickets were $5 less than the adult tickets, the price of a child ticket would be t - $5.
Since Denny bought 3 child tickets, he spent a total of 3(t - $5) dollars on child tickets.
He also spent $45 total, so we can set up the equation:
3(t - $5) = $45
This equation can be used to find the price of an adult ticket, t.