Question

Tickets for a choir concert cost $3 for students and $5 for adults. The choir director wants to sell at least $1500 worth of tickets to this concert. She knows that 226 students purchased a ticket.

Answer 1

For the choir director to collect $1,500, 165 adults need to buy tickets.

Step-by-step explanation:

Since 226 students purchased tickets, we multiply 3 times 226. Our answer is 678. Now we subtract 1,500 - 226 this equals 822. So we need to divide $822 by 5 (the price for adults). We get 164.4. For the choir director to collect $1,500, 165 adults need to buy tickets.