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Last Saturday,the MoviePlex theater sold 1,456 tickets.The theater sold 6 times as many regular price tickets as it sold discount tickets.Earl says that the expression 1,456 divided by 6 gives the correct number of discounted tickets.Is Earl correct?show your work

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Earl is incorrect

let x be the number of discount tickets sold

then the number of regular tickets sold is 6x

the total tickets sold is 1456, thus

x + 6x = 1456

7x = 1456 ( divide both sides by 7 )

x = 208

number of discount tickets sold = 208


(1456)/(6) ≠ 208

but
(1456)/(7) = 208

Earl is incorrect , dividing by 7 gives the amount sold


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