You spend a total of $11.50 at the howard county fair on admission and ride tickets. admission to the fair is $4 per person. it cost 0.50 each ride ticket. how many tickets did you purchase?

You bought 15 tickets

Step-by-step explanation

You want the equation to be equal to 11.50. Per person it's 4 dollars so you add 4 each time. The amount it costs for each ride ticket is .5 and you want to go on multiple rides so you'd add a variable to .5 and set the equation to

0.50n + 4 = 11.50 which gives you 15 tickets.