Jim had #$3.067.48# in his check account. He wrote a check to pay for two airplane tickets. His account now has #$1,845.24#. How much did each ticket cost?

1 Answer
Jul 17, 2018

#$611.12#

Explanation:

Given: Jim has #$3067.48#. After paid for two airline tickets he has #$1845.24# left. How much is the cost of one ticket?

Find out how much was paid for the airline tickets:

$#" "$3067.48#
#ul(" "-$1845.24#
#" "$1222.24#

To find out how much each ticket costs, divide this difference by #2#:

#$1222.24 -: 2 = $611.12#