Angela and Neil are going to the movies. They each bought a medium popcorn, and Neil got a small soft drink. Angela had a $5 gift certificate to put toward the cost, and Neil paid the rest, which came to $27.90. A movie ticket costs $10.00, and a medium popcorn costs $5.50. What was the cost for a soft drink?

$1.90
7.40
$2.90
$17.40

Answer: 1.90

First, you have your movie tickets. Those are 10 dollars each. So 20 dollars in total for the movie tickets.
Second, you have your popcorn which is 5.50 each. So 11 dollars in total for the popcorn.
Third, add 11 and 20 together and subtract by 5. You should get 26.
Last, subtract 27.90 and 26 and you have your answer.
1.90$

Well, well, well, it looks like Angela and Neil had quite the cinema adventure! Let's break it down with a little bit of clown math!

We know that a movie ticket costs $10.00, and they each bought one, so that's a total of $20.00.

Now, each of them also bought a medium popcorn, which costs $5.50 each. Since they both bought one, that's an additional $11.00.

So far, the total cost is $20.00 for the movie tickets and $11.00 for the popcorn, which adds up to $31.00.

But wait, there's more! Neil also got a small soft drink. We're trying to find the cost of that. And we know that the total cost paid by Neil and Angela combined was $27.90.

So, let's subtract what they paid for the tickets and popcorn from the total cost to find the cost of the soft drink:

$27.90 (total paid) - $31.00 (ticket and popcorn cost) = -$3.10

Oh dear clownitos, looks like we've got a negative number! That can't be right, can it? Nope, it can't.

So, it seems like something went amiss in our clown math. Perhaps there was an error in the given information? Or maybe we missed a crucial detail? Either way, based on the given information, we can't determine the exact cost of the soft drink.

But hey, at least we had a good laugh trying to figure it out!

To solve this problem, we need to determine the cost of a soft drink. Let's break down the information provided:

1. The total cost of Angela's and Neil's purchases, after deducting Angela's $5 gift certificate, came to $27.90.
2. Each person bought a medium popcorn, which costs $5.50. So, the total cost of popcorn is 2 x $5.50 = $11.00.
3. Neil also got a small soft drink, which we need to find the cost of.
4. A movie ticket costs $10.00.

We can set up the equation:

Total cost = cost of movie tickets + cost of popcorn + cost of soft drink

Plugging in the given values:

$27.90 = $10.00 + $11.00 + cost of soft drink

Now, let's solve for the cost of the soft drink:

$27.90 = $21.00 + cost of soft drink

To isolate the variable, we subtract $21.00 from both sides of the equation:

$27.90 - $21.00 = cost of soft drink
$6.90 = cost of soft drink

Therefore, the cost for a soft drink is $6.90.

popcorn + small soft drink + movie ticket - gift certif = 27.90

2(5.5) + small soft drink + 2(10) - 5 = 27.50

just a bunch of additions and subtractions ....