Question

And amusement park sells child and adult tickets at a ratio of 81 on Saturday they sold 147 more tickets then adult ticket how many tickets did the muse meant park sale on Saturday

Answer 1

189 tickets

Explanation:

The ratio 8 : 1 has a difference of 7 ratio units. The difference in tickets is 147, so each ratio unit must represent ...

(147 tickets)/(7 ratio units) = 21 tickets/ratio unit

The total sales was 8+1 = 9 ratio units, so was ...

(9 ratio units)(21 tickets/ratio unit) = 189 tickets