133k views
5 votes
A movie sells only adult tickets and child tickets for one movie the theater sells 126 tickets in all the tape diagram shows the ratio of adult tickets to child tickets the theater sells what does each square of the diagram represent?

1 Answer

2 votes

Answer:

So each square in the diagram represents approximately 9.69 tickets. However, since we can't sell fractional tickets, we can round this up to 10 tickets per square. Therefore, each square in the diagram represents 10 tickets.

Explanation:

Assuming that the tape diagram shows the ratio of adult tickets to child tickets as 3:2, we can represent this as follows:

AAA

AAA

AAA

CCC

CCC

In this diagram, each square represents a certain number of tickets. To determine how many tickets each square represents, we need to know the total number of squares in the diagram.

There are a total of 3 + 3 + 3 + 2 + 2 = 13 squares in the diagram. Since the theater sold 126 tickets in total, we can divide 126 by 13 to find out how many tickets each square represents:

126 ÷ 13 ≈ 9.69

So each square in the diagram represents approximately 9.69 tickets. However, since we can't sell fractional tickets, we can round this up to 10 tickets per square. Therefore, each square in the diagram represents 10 tickets.

User Andreas Florath
by
8.1k points