Question

at the movie theatre admission is $6.30 an adult admission is $9.60. on thursday twice as many adult tickets as child tickets were sold for a total sale of $535.50 how many child tickets were solf that day

Answer 1

number of child tickets sold on saturday is 21

number of adult tickets sold on saturday is 42

Explanation:

Let's assume

number of child tickets sold on saturday is x

number of adult tickets sold on saturday is y

On saturday, twice as many adult tickets as child tickets were sold

so, we get

child admission is $6.30 and adult admission is $9.60

a total sales of $535.50

we get

now, we can plug y=2x

now, we can solve for x

now, we can find y

so,

number of child tickets sold on saturday is 21

number of adult tickets sold on saturday is 42.........Answer