Ben would like to buy two tickets for the theatre, each ticket costs £25 and there is a 15% booking fee applied to the ticket cost. How much does it cost him to buy the two tickets with the additional fee?

25 x 2 = 50
15% = 0.15
50 x 1.15 = 57.5
or
0.15 x 50 = 7.5
50 + 7.5 = 57.5

AP
Answered by Alexander P. Maths tutor

3196 Views

See similar Maths GCSE tutors

Related Maths GCSE answers

All answers ▸

How to do add or subtraction fractions?


How do I calculate a percentage increase? For example; there are 15 fish in a fish tank, after a year they have bred and now there are 20 fish in the tank. By what % has the number of fish increased?


What is the length of x?


Give an example of a real-world system that would be described by a quadratic equation. Explain the significance of the two real roots, a repeated root, and undefined roots. Is there any significance to a positive or a negative answer in your example?


We're here to help

contact us iconContact ustelephone icon+44 (0) 203 773 6020
Facebook logoInstagram logoLinkedIn logo

MyTutor is part of the IXL family of brands:

© 2026 by IXL Learning