Question

At the movie theatre, child admission is
$6.10
and adult admission is
$9.50
. On Thursday,
144
tickets were sold for a total sales of
$1085.80
. How many adult tickets were sold that day?

Answer 1

@jigglypuff314 I have a couple more I need you to assist me with.

Answer 2

HI!!

Answer 3

we need a variable, lets say the number of adult ticket sold are \(x\)
then since the total is \(144\) the number of children tickets sold is \(144-x\)

Answer 4

Ok.

Answer 5

total amount for adult tickets is \[9.50x\] and for the childrens would be
\[6.10(144-x)\] giving a grand total of
\[9.50x+6.10(144-x)\] which you know is 1085.8

Answer 6

set
\[9.50x+610(144-x)=1085.80\] and solve for \(x\)

Answer 7

Right.

Answer 8

probably easier to move the annoying decimal over one spot and solve
\[95x+61(144-x)=10858\]

Answer 9

yes

Answer 10

then combine like terms

Answer 11

144.46994172

Answer 12

actually you best multiply out using the distributive property first, then combine like terms
then solve for \(x\)

Answer 13

61

Answer 14

whatever you did, the answer is "how many tickets" etc
so it best be a whole number
yeah 61 looks a lot better

Answer 15

good job