Question

A ticket at a movie theater cost $8.50. One night, the theater had $29,886 in ticket sales. Estimate about how many tickets the theater sold. Explain your resoning

Answer 1

3,516 tickets the theater sold in tickets sale .

Explanation:

Given: A ticket at a movie theater cost $8.50 and theater had $29,886 in tickets sale.

To find: How many tickets the theater sold.

Explanation :

We are given that cost of a movie tickets =$8.50 .

In $8.50 tickets sold = 1 tickets .

In $1 tickets sold =
`(1)/(8.50)` tickets.

In $29,886 tickets sold =
`(1)/(8.50)` × 29,886 tickets

=3,516 tickets.

Therefore, 3,516 tickets the theater sold in tickets sale .