A theater company charges $8.50 per ticket for people of all age groups. If c represents the total number of children who bought tickets and a represents the total number of adults who bought tickets, which expression best represents the total money earned by the company from the sale of tickets?

8.5(c + a)
8.5c + a
c + 8.5a
17(c + a)

Question

A theater company charges $8.50 per ticket for people of all age groups. If c represents the total number of children who bought tickets and a represents the total number of adults who bought tickets, which expression best represents the total money earned by the company from the sale of tickets?

 8.5(c + a)
 8.5c + a
 c + 8.5a
 17(c + a)

lizz123 · Answer

Well, how much does the company charge per ticket?

nuccioreggie · Answer

I think the answe is c im not sure tho

lizz123 · Answer

Well, off the bat you know that d won't be the answer because 17 is not in the problem. But it says that the Theater Company charges 8.50 dollars or written as 8.5 so they use c for children and a for adults. So, you have to use distributive property. So is c using distributive property.

lizz123 · Answer

An example of distributive property is:
a[b+c]
ab+ac
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