Question

At the city museum, child admission is $6.10 and adult admission is $9.90. On Friday, four times as many adult tickets as child tickets were sold, for a total sales of $1188.20. How many child tickets were sold that day?​

Answer 1

C-Child ticket

4C-Adult tickets

6.10C+9.90(4C)=1188.20

6.10C+39.60C=1188.20

45.70C=1188.20

Divide both sides by 45.70 to get C.

C=26

This means 26 child tickets were sold that day.

Let's check our answer:

26×6.10=158.60

26×4=104 (Adult tickets)

104×9.90=1029.60

158.60+1029.60=1188.20

Therefore, 26 child tickets were sold on Friday.