1.) Use the following information to solve the questions. Kay sold 200
tickets for her school auction. Adult tickets cost $8 and child tickets cost
$5. Kay collected $1,225 in all. How many tickets did Kay sell?
8
5
200
O 1,225

Respuesta :

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Answer:

  • 75 adult tickets
  • 125 child tickets

Step-by-step explanation:

Let 'a' represent the number of adult tickets sold. Then (200-a) is the number of child tickets sold, and the revenue is ...

  8a +5(200 -a) = 1225

  3a = 225 . . . . . . . . . . subtract 1000, simplify

  a = 75 . . . . . . . . . . . . .divide by 3

  200 -a = 125

75 adult ($8) and 125 child ($5) tickets were sold.

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Additional comment

The question asked here is "how many tickets did Kay sell?" The second line of your problem statement tells you the answer: "Kay sold 200 tickets ...". We have assumed that you are interested in the breakdown of tickets sold, even though that is not the question that is asked here.

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