Question

At the city museum, child admission is $5.20 and adult admission is $9.00. On Wednesday, four times as many adult tickets as child tickets were sold, for a total sales of $1359.60. How many child tickets were sold that day?

Answer 1

33

Explanation:

The amount of child tickets sold this day is x, when the amount of adult tickets is 4x

5.2x- the money from children, 9*4x=36x- the money from adults,

5.2x+36x= 1359.6

41.2x=1359.6

x=33- the amount of child tickets