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Yesterday, the movie theater brought in $1,440 in ticket sales and $295.25 in food sales. Today, ticket sales were three-fourths as much as yesterday, and food sales were down by $33.50.

Nina wrote the expression 3 4 (1440) + 295.25 + (-33.50) to find today's total sales.

Is she correct? Explain.

Answer 1

Nina is correct. Her expression represents the scenario because it takes ¾ of the ticket sales and subtracts $33.50 from the food sales.

Answer 2

For this case we are going to assume that Nina wrote:
3/4 (1440) + 295.25 + (-33.50).
The expression is correct since we have:
ticket sales were three-fourths as much as yesterday. That means
3/4 (1440)
food sales were down by $ 33.50, that means:
295.25 + (-33.50)
Therefore, today's sales were:
3/4 (1440) + 295.25 + (-33.50).
answer
Nina's expression is correct