Question

an amusement park sells child and adult tickets at a ratio of 7 child tickets for every 1 adult ticket. on saturday, they sold 147 child tickets. how many total tickets did the amusement park sell 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

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