Complete question :
At the city museum, child admission is $6.30 and adult admission is $9.80. On Wednesday, three times as many adult tickets as child tickets were sold, for a total sales of $ 1178.10 . How many child tickets were sold that day?
Answer:
33 children ticket
Explanation:
Let :
Number of Child admission = x
Number of Adult admission = y
On Wednesday ;
y = 3x
9.80y + 6.30x = 1178.10
9.80(3x) + 6.30x = 1178.10
29.40x + 6.30x = 1178.10
35.70x = 1178.10
x = 1178.10 / 35.70
x = 33