Parker bought a student discount card for the movies. The card cost $7 and and allows him to buy movie tickets for $5.50. After one month, Parker has spent $89.50 total. How many tickets has he bought since getting the discount card?
15, parker bought 15 tickets by the end of the month, don't forget to subtract the initial cost of the pass.
The number of tickets he has bought since getting the discount card is:
15
The cost of the card is: $ 7
Cost of 1 movie ticket is: $ 5.50
Total amount spent by Parker is: $ 89.50
This means that the amount that the movie tickets will cost is: $ (89.50-7)
i.e. $ 82.50
Now, number of movie tickets that he bought is:
Ratio of total cost of movie tickets to cost of 1 movie ticket.
i.e.
Number of movie tickets= 82.50/5.50
i.e.
Number of movie tickets= 15