At the movie theatre, child admission is $5.30 and adult admission is $9.00 On Tuesday, three times as many adult tickets as child tickets were sold, for a total sales of $710.60 How many child tickets were sold that day?

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anonymous · Answer

@bhaskar.pathk HELP PLEASE lol i need this ive been doing this hw for hours i still have others left

anonymous · Answer

@jocelynn   :
take it simple way...
let  the number of  adult ticket sold be a and
number of child ticket be c
then as per qstn
53.30 x c+ 9.00 x a = 710.60

anonymous · Answer

and since   "three times as many adult tickets as child tickets were sold"
so a=3c
now solve the equation..

anonymous · Answer

can you draw it so i can see the way your trying to put it? please @bhaskar.pathk

anonymous · Answer

$$53.3 c+9 time 3c=710.60$$
$$53.3c+27c=710.60 $$
80.3c=710.60

anonymous · Answer

can you recheck fhe data in the question or  post the link

anonymous · Answer

yes, the data in the question is correct @bhaskar.pathk

anonymous · Answer

the aswer is coming out as a decimal ... i dont believe its suppose to be a decimal ? @bhaskar.pathk

anonymous · Answer

@jocelynn   :
that's why said to rechek the data...
any way let me retry..

anonymous · Answer

thank you sooo much, your a life saver @bhaskar.pathk

anonymous · Answer

http://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/word/finance/Money_Word_Problems.faq.question.493834.html this may help you..