MHB What is the cost per ticket when buying a roll of 25 tickets for 15 dollars?

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The cost per ticket when buying a roll of 25 tickets for 15 dollars is 0.60 dollars each. This calculation is derived from dividing the total cost of 15 dollars by the number of tickets, which is 25. The discussion clarifies that the price of 75 cents per ticket applies only to single ticket purchases and is irrelevant for the roll. It emphasizes that dividing the number of tickets by the price per ticket does not yield the correct cost per ticket. Ultimately, the correct method confirms that each ticket in the roll costs 0.60 dollars.
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Tickets at a fair cost 75 cents each. You can also buy a roll of 25 tickets for 15 dollars. What is the total cost of each ticket if you buy a roll of tickets?

Is this a proportion problem?

Do I divide 25 by 0.75 to find the total price for each ticket?
 
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One way to view this is:

$$\text{Cost per ticket}=\frac{\text{Total cost of tickets}}{\text{Number of tickets}}$$

In effect, you are computing an average. :D
 
So, 15/25 = 0.60
 
RTCNTC said:
Tickets at a fair cost 75 cents each. You can also buy a roll of 25 tickets for 15 dollars. What is the total cost of each ticket if you buy a roll of tickets?

Is this a proportion problem?

Do I divide 25 by 0.75 to find the total price for each ticket?
If you divide 25 tickets by 0.75 dollars you will have "tickets per dollar" when you want "dollars per ticket". But, anyway, the "75 cents each" is if you by single tickets and has nothing to do with buying a roll of tickets. You are told that you can get 25 tickets for 15 dollars. You want to determine "dollars per ticket" in this case. That is (15 dollars)/(25 tickets). 15/25= 3/5= 0.60.
 
HallsofIvy said:
If you divide 25 tickets by 0.75 dollars you will have "tickets per dollar" when you want "dollars per ticket". But, anyway, the "75 cents each" is if you by single tickets and has nothing to do with buying a roll of tickets. You are told that you can get 25 tickets for 15 dollars. You want to determine "dollars per ticket" in this case. That is (15 dollars)/(25 tickets). 15/25= 3/5= 0.60.

This is what I did a few replies ago. I also got 0.60.
 
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