Question

An amusement park sells child and adult tickets at a ratio of 3:1. On Saturday, they sold 63 adult tickets. How many child tickets did the amusement park sell?

Answer 1

The number of child tickets sold by the amusement park is 189.

Explanation:

Let A represent the number of adult tickets and C represents the number of child tickets, therefore we have:

3:1 = C:A .................... (1)

Where;

C = ?

A = 63

Substituting for the value into equation (1), we have:

3:1 = C:63

This can be converted to solve for C as follows:

3 / (3 + 1) = C / (C + 63)

3 / 4 = C / (C + 63)

0.75 = C / (C + 63)

0.75(C + 63) = C

0.75C + (0.75 * 63) = C

0.75C + 47.25 = C

47.25 = C - 0.75C

47.25 = 0.25C

C = 47.25 / 0.25

C = 189

Therefore, the number of child tickets sold by the amusement park is 189.