Question

A discounted water rides ticket is 19 dollars. It is sold for 2 dollars less than 3/4 of the original ticket. The original price of the ticket is .

• A. 18 dollars
• B. 28 dollars
• C. 10 dollars

Answer 1

The correct option is B 28 dollars

Discounted price of water rides ticket = 19 dollars

Let c be the price of original ticket.

The ticket is sold for 2 dollars less than $\frac{3}{4}$ of original ticket.

$\Rightarrow \frac{3}{4}\text{c}-2=19$

$\Rightarrow \frac{3}{4}\text{c}=19+2=21$

$\Rightarrow \text{c}=21\times \frac{4}{3}$
$=28\text{dollars}$

Hence, the original price of the ticket is 28 dollars.