Question

Jay sold n tickets. Pilar sold three times as many tickets as jay did. together, jay and pilar sold ten more tickets than amie sold. Which expression shows how many tickets amie sold?

A. 10 - 4n
b. 3n² + 10
c. 4n + 10
d. 4n - 10

Answer 1

4n - 10

Explanation:

Jay: n tickets

Pillar: 3n tickets

Jay + Pillar = n + 3n = 4n tickets

Now, Jay and Pillar together sold 10 more tickets than Amie, which means, in reverse, Amie sold 10 less tickets than Jay and Pillar together, so the expression for the number of tickets sold by amie would be:

4n-10 (4n is the number of tickets Jay and Pillar sold together, 10 is the difference between them and Amie).