Question

Stacia wanted concert tickets that were selling for $36 each, and then she got a $19 discount. She paid a total of $53 for the tickets. How many tickets did she buy? Identify the operations needed to solve this problem using the equation 36x −19=53

subtraction and division

addition and division

subtraction and multiplication

addition and multiplication

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT-4 Turbo]

To solve the problem using the equation provided, which is:

36x − 19 = 53,

we need to perform the following operations:

Step 1: Addition – We need to add 19 to both sides of the equation to isolate the term with the variable (x) on one side of the equation.

36x − 19 + 19 = 53 + 19

This simplifies to:

36x = 72

Step 2: Division – We then need to divide both sides of the equation by 36 to solve for x (the number of tickets).

36x / 36 = 72 / 36

This gives us:

x = 2

So, Stacia purchased 2 tickets.

The operations needed to solve this problem are:

addition and division.