impossible word question

Question

At the movie theatre, child admission is $5.60

 and adult admission is $9.10

. On Thursday, three times as many adult tickets as child tickets were sold, for a total sales of $1118.60

. How many child tickets were sold that day? 

Answer 1

This is not impossible at all. It is a matter of setting it up properly.

x = number of child tickets sold at 5.60 each

3x = number of adult tickets sold at 9.10 each

5.60x + (9.10)(3x) = 1118.60

Now solve for x and finish from here. You should get

x = 34