Question

Emanuel and Zachary are trying to reduce the amount of television they watch. For every hour they watch television, they have to put $2.50 into savings. The table shows how many hours of television Emanuel and Zachary have watched in the past two months.
Hours watched in January Hours watched in February
Emanuel 35.4 18.2
Zachary 21.8 26.6


Zachary wants to use his total savings at the end of February to buy concert tickets. If the tickets cost $17.50 each, how many can he buy?

Group of answer choices

Answer 1

Answer:

You can buy 6 tickets.

Step-by-step explanation:

21.8 + 26.6 = 48.4

48.4 x 2.50 = 121

121 / 17.50 = 6.914

Since we can't round here because it's items you're buying, we round down to the nearest flat number, which in this case is 6.