a family biys airline tickets online. each ticket costs $167. the family buys travel insurance with each ticket that costs $19 per ticket. the web site charges a fee of $16 for the entire purchase. the family is charged a total of $1132. how many tickets did the family buy?



Answer :

167 + 19 = 186x

186x + 16 = 1132

subtract 16 from both sides

186x = 1116

divide by 186 on both sides

x = 6

they bought 6 tickets total