A class of 24 students visited a science museum. Each student paid the
museum’s admission fee and $6 for lunch at the museum. The class spent
a total of $336. What was the admission fee that each student paid?
1. Let f represent the museum’s admission fee. What expression
represents the total amount paid by each student?
2. Use the expression from Exercise 1 to write an expression that
represents the total amount paid by the entire class.
3. Use the expression from Exercise 2 to write an equation that
represents the situation.
4. Rewrite the equation using the Distributive Property.
5. Solve the equation. What was the admission fee that each
student paid?