Question

A radio station had 250 tickets to a concert. They gave away 4 times as many tickets to listeners as to employees. How many tickets did they give away to employees?
A. 50
B. 4
C. 5
D. 54

Answer 1

Let e = number of tickets given to employees.
Using the variable e, how many tickets did they give to listeners?

Answer 2

4 x as much as to employees?

Answer 3

Right, so if the number of tickets given to employees is e, the number of tickets given to listeners is 4e. So far you follow?

Answer 4

yea

Answer 5

Ok, now how many tickets did they give out altogether to the employees plus to the listeners, in terms of e and 4e?

Answer 6

250?

Answer 7

That's the total they gave out. But my question is they gave out e tickets to employees and 4e tickets to listeners; the total they gave out in terms of e is e plus 4e. What is e plus 4e written with math symbols?

Answer 8

plus in math is +

Answer 9

I think 4e ^2 or 4e + e

Answer 10

Sorry if i am learning a bit slow. [:

Answer 11

The second one. 4e + e is the total number of tickets given out.
But as you wrote above, the total number of tickets given out is 250, so
4e + e = 250
This is the equation you need to solve

Answer 12

ok,

Answer 13

To solve
4e + e = 250, add the 4e and e on the left side.
Remember that e is the same as 1e, so 4e + e = 4e + 1e = 5e
So 4e + e = 250 becomes
5e = 250
Now divide both sides by 5 to get e

Answer 14

does e = 50?

Answer 15

Correct. e = 50. Since we let e = the number of tickets given to employees, then the answer is
There were 50 tickets given to employees.

Answer 16

yayyyyyy!!! Thnx so much!!

Answer 17

wlcm

Answer 18

i gave u a medal right?

Answer 19

yes, thanks