An amusement park sells child and adult tickets at a ratio of 8:1. On Saturday, they sold 147 more child tickets than adult tickets. How many tickets did the amusement park sell on Saturday?

Answer 1

8 times as many child tickets as adult tickets

if 147 more child tickets than adult tickets, how many total tickets were sold?

8a = c

c=147+a = 8a

7a = 147

a = 147/7 = 21 adult tickets

c= 8a = 168 child tickets

total tickets sold = a+c = 21 +168 = 189 tickets sold on Saturday