Question

Heather's family bought tickets at a local carnival. Her brother took one-third the number of tickets, that her cousin took, which was half the number Heather took. If her brother took 8 tickets, how many tickets did Heather take?

8

24

48

72

Answer 1

Hi! So, I'd make variables for each person. How does that sound?

Answer 2

@theEric I got 8 is that right?

Answer 3

That's not what I got, so I don't think so.. How did you work it out?

Answer 4

@theEric someone else tried helping and told me he did this..

A=Brother ->8 tickets
B=cousin
C=Heather

1/3B=A
B=C/2

Answer 5

I agree with that.

Answer 6

@theEric then its 8 right? if not what is he trying to say in the epression??

Answer 7

is 48

Answer 8

So, we know A and we want to know C. So we substitute C/2 in for the B in your top equation, 1/3 * B=A.

We get 1/3 *C / 2 = A.
That is, C/6=A, and C=6A, right?

Answer 9

@francoj22 http://openstudy.com/code-of-conduct

Answer 10

@francoj22 @theEric Thank you both!

Answer 11

@theEric no he didnt tell me the answer he explained it and i asked him dont blame it on him

Answer 12

You're welcome! You did the work too! :) You did the tough word-problem part, and maybe just made a small algebra mistake :) Okay, I got ya! Thanks for letting me know!

Answer 13

@theeric thanks for helping

Answer 14

No problem! Take care!