Math Question - Urgent. #37

Question

Tickets for the local baseball game were $15 for general admission and $8 for children. There were 20 times as many general admission tickets sold as there were children's tickets. Total receipts were $616,000. How many of each type of ticket were sold~

Answer 1

Let G be the number of general admission tickets sold and C the number of children tickets sold.

We know G=20C

We also know, 15*G+8*C=616,000

Substitute G=20C into this equation

15*(20*C)+8*C=616,000 solve for C and then find G using G=20C

Answer 2

15G + 8C = 616

G=20C

300G + 8C = 616

C = 2 (thousand!)

G = 40 (thousand!)