Question

A radio station had 205 tickets to a concert. They gave away 4 times as many tickets to listeners as to employees. How many tickets did they give away to employees?

Answer 1

As per the statement: A radio station had 205 tickets to a concert. They gave away 4 times as many tickets to listeners as to employees.

⇒Let number of tickets Employees have x and Number of ticket Listeners have 4x

It is also, given that a radio station had 205 ticket to a concert.

⇒
`\text{Number of ticket Employees have} +\text{Number of ticket Listeners have} = 205`

Then, substitute the given values we have;

`4x + x = 205`

Combine like terms, we have;

`5x = 205`

Divide both sides by 5 we have;

x = 41

Therefore, number of tickets did they give away to employees have 41 tickets