Question

Mr. and Mrs. Johnson took their three children to the movies. If adult tickets cost $7 and children's tickets cost $4, what is the ratio of the total cost of the parents' tickets to the total cost of the children's tickets? Write your answer in the form aib, where a and b are whole numbers.

Answer 1

Answer: 7:6

Explanation:

1. There are two adults (Mr. and Mrs. Jonhson) and three children. So let's make adults = y and children = x

2. Adult tickets cost $7. So we are going to multiply 7 x 2y = $14

3. Children's tickets cost $4. So we are going to multiply 4 x 3x = $12

4. The last step is to fully reduce
`(14)/(12)` =
`(7)/(6)`

5. So the answer is 7:6

Answer 2

Let's assume that Mr. and Mrs. Johnson bought x adult tickets and y children's tickets.

Since there are three children, we know that:

y = 3x

The total cost of the parents' tickets is 7x, and the total cost of the children's tickets is 4y. Substituting y = 3x, we get:

total cost of parents' tickets = 7x

total cost of children's tickets = 4(3x) = 12x

Therefore, the ratio of the total cost of the parents' tickets to the total cost of the children's tickets is:

(7x) / (12x) = 7/12

So the answer is 7/12, which cannot be simplified further. Therefore, the ratio is 7/12, which can be written in the form aib as 0+7/12i.