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

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