How many child tickets were sold that day?

Question

At the movie theatre, child admission is $5.30 and adult admission is $8.40. On Saturday, four times as many adult tickets as child tickets were sold, for a total sales of $933.60. How many child tickets were sold that day?

Answer 1

Hi Alana

Let a = Number of adult tickets and c=Number of child tickets sold

 Given a=4 c

Total Sales = 933.60 = 5.30*c + 8.40*a

                               = 5.30*c  + 8.40 *4*c

Find c  

Ans c =24 = Number of child tickets sold