Question

A group of adults and students buy tickets for a dance performance.

*Each ticket costs $5.35
*The total cost of the tickets for the group is $69.55
*There are exactly 3 adults in the group.

What is the number of students in the group?

Explain your steps on how you solved this problem.

Answer 1

There are 10 students

Explanation:

69.55-(5.35*3)= 53.5

53.5/10=5.35 which is what each ticket costed

So the answer is 10 students