Question

A class sponsors a benefit concert and prices the tickets at $8 each. Jordan sells 12tickets, Andy 16, Morgan 17, and Pat 13. Compute the total revenue brought in by thesefour people. Notice that there are two ways to do the calculation.

Answer 1

The price of each ticket is $8. Here we summarize the tickets sold by Jordan, Andy, Morgan, and Pat:

Jorda: 12

Andy: 16

Morgan: 17

Pat: 13

The first way to solve this problem:

We calculate the total tickets sold:

total_tickets = 12 + 16 + 17 + 13 = 58

Now, we calculate the total revenue as the product of the total tickets and the price of each ticket:

total_revenue = 58*8

total_revenue = $464

The second way to solve this problem:

We calculate the individual revenue:

Jorda: 12*8 = $96

Andy: 16*8 = $128

Morgan: 17*8 = $136

Pat: 13*8 = $104

We take the total sum and we get the total revenue:

total_revenue = 96 + 128 + 136 + 104

total_revenue = $464