Question

An amusement park sells children and adult tickets at a ratio of 8:1. On Saturday, they sold 147 more children tickets than adults. How many tickets did the amusement park sell on Saturday

Answer 1

168:21

Explanation:

You can just use any number that is proportional to 8 for the number of children tickets sold and the same for the adult tickets, but as long as if you subtract them, the answer will need the possibility to result in 147.

Answer 2

The ratio of sold children tickets: sold adult tickets = 8:1

Let the number of sold children tickets be 8x, and the sold adult tickets be x

They sold 147 more children tickets than adults:
8x-147 = x
7x = 147
x = 21

The number of total sold tickets = the number of sold children tickets + the number of sold adult tickets = 8x+x = 9x = 9*21 = 189

The amusement park sold 189 tickets on Saturday.