Art and his friends spent 62 dollars at the movies. Admission tickets cost 12 dollars apiece, and a bucket of popcorn costs 7 dollars Which equation written in standard form represents the number of tickets bought, t , and the number of buckets of popcorn bought, p ?
Answer
A
7 p is equal to 62 minus 12 t
B
7 p plus 12 t is equal to 62
C
12 p is equal to 62 minus 7 t
D
12 p plus 7 t is equal to 62
Explanation
Each ticket costs $12, so t tickets cost 12t dollars. Each bucket of popcorn costs $7, so p buckets cost 7p dollars. The total spent was $62, giving 12t + 7p = 62, which is the same as 7p + 12t = 62. The correct choice is B, “7p plus 12t is equal to 62.”
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