Question

A museum opened at 8:00 a.m. In the first hour, 350 people purchased admission tickets. In the second hour, 20% more people purchased admission tickets than in the first hour. Each admission ticket cost $17.50.

What was the total amount of money paid for all the tickets purchased in the first two hours?

Answer 1

First off, 20% more than 350 is 420

So $17.50 x 420 = 7350

Your answer is $7350 was the amount of money paid for all the tickets in the first two hours.

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Answer 2

The total amount of money paid for all the tickets purchased in the first two hours be $13475 .

Explanation:

As given

A museum opened at 8:00 a.m. In the first hour, 350 people purchased admission tickets.

Each admission ticket cost $17.50.

Money collected in first hour from admission ticket = 350 × 17.50

= $ 6125

In the second hour, 20% more people purchased admission tickets than in the first hour. Each admission ticket cost $17.50.

20% is written in the decimal form

`=(20)/(100)`

= 0.20

More people purchased admission tickets = 0.20 × 350

= 70

Total people purchase admission ticket in second hour = People purchase addmission ticket in first hour + More people purchased admission tickets

Total people purchase admission ticket in second hour = 350 + 70

= 420

Money collected from admission second hour = 420 × 17.50

= $ 7350

Total amount of money paid for all the tickets purchased in the first two hours = Money collected in first hour from admission ticket + Money collected from admission ticket second hour

Put the value in the above

Total amount of money paid for all the tickets purchased in the first two hours = $6125 + $735

= $13475

Therefore the total amount of money paid for all the tickets purchased in the first two hours be $13475 .