1. the county fair charges $1.50 per ticket for the rides. jermaine bought 20 tickets for the rides and spent a total of $48.75 at the fair. jermaine spent his money only on ride tickets and fair admission. the price of the fair admission is the same for everyone. use y to represent the total cost and x to represent the number of ride tickets. (a) define your variables. (b) write a linear equation that can be used to determine the cost for anyone who only pays for ride tickets and fair admission.

Cost per ticket for the rides = $1.50.

a) Let us assume the number of ride tickets = x.

Total cost of x number of rides = y.

Total amount spent = $48.75.

Amount spent on 20 tickets = 20 × 1.50 = $30

Fair admission charge = Total amount spent - Amount spent on 20 tickets

=  $48.75 - $30 = $18.75.

Let us apply slope-intercept form y=mx+b to get the equation.

Total cost of x number of tickets at the rate $1.50 each ticket = 1.50x.

Total cost of fair = Total cost of x number of tickets + Fair admission charge.