Problema Solution
At the movie theatre, child admission is
$6.30
and adult admission is
$9.80
. On Monday, four times as many adult tickets as child tickets were sold, for a total sales of
$1592.50
. How many child tickets were sold that day?
Answer provided by our tutors
Let
x = the number of child tickets sold
4x = the number of adult tickets sold
6.30*x + 9.80*4x = 1592.50
........
........
x = 35 tickets
There were 35 child tickets sold.