A theater company charges $4.50 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?

A. 4.5(c + a)
B. 4.5c + a
C. c + 4.5a
D. 9(c + a)
please help

Question

A theater company charges $4.50 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?

A. 4.5(c + a)
B. 4.5c + a
C. c + 4.5a
D. 9(c + a)
please  help

anonymous · Answer

So you can be a adult or child and pay $4.50 for a movie ticket. It tells you that c will be children and "a" will be adults. The theater will charge one single amount for either adult or child

anonymous · Answer

For example if there were 2 children and 3 adults, it will just be 5 people paying for tickets.

puppylover0617 · Answer

1. you have to see the toaol # of people sicne its the same amount them muiutly the # of people by the pice of the tickie

anonymous · Answer

then the answer is A