Question

A school baseball team raised $810 for new uniforms. Each player on the team sold one book of tickets. There were 10 tickets and each tickey cost $3. How many tickets were sold? What extra information in the problem is NOT needed?

Answer 1

• 270 tickets were sold
• not needed: books per player, tickets per book

Explanation:

To find the number of tickets sold, the total revenue needs to be divided by the revenue per ticket:

(total revenue)/(revenue/ticket) = total tickets

$810/$3 = 270 . . . total tickets

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None of the other numbers in the problem are needed: books per player (1), tickets per book (10).