Question

Tickets for a football match are sold at $30 for EACH adult and $15 for EACH child.

A company bought 28 tickets.
(i) Ifx of these tickets were for adults, write in terms of .x,
a) the number of tickets for children
(1 mark)

Answer 1

a) the number of tickets for children in terms of x is

( 28 - x ) = tickets for children

Explanation:

Given:

Cost of EACH Adult Ticket = $30

Cost of EACH Children Ticket = $15

Number of tickets for Adult = x

Total Number of tickets company bought = 28

∴ Number of tickets for children = Total Number of tickets - Number of tickets for Adult

∴ Number of tickets for children = (28 - x) .....which is required