Question

A total of 925 tickets were sold for a game for a total of $1150. If adult tickets sold for $2 and children's tickets sold for $1, how many of each kind of tickets were sold ?

Answer 1

• Adult: 225
• Children: 700

Explanation:

If all had been children's tickets, revenue would have been $925. Actual revenue is $1150 -925 = $225 more than that. Changing a child's ticket to an adult's ticket add $1 to the revenue, so there must be $225 such changes.

The number of adult tickets is 225; the number of children's tickets is 925-225 = 700.