Question

At the movie theatre , child admission is $ 6.40 and adult admission is $ 9.60 . On Monday , 153 tickets were sold for a total sales of $ 1270.40 . How many adult tickets were sold that day ?

Answer 1

91 adult tickets

Explanation:

Algebra is really useful here:

Let a = number of adult tickets sold and c = number of child tickets sold.

Thus, we can say that

a + c = 153 (number of tickets)

6.40c + 9.60a = 1270.4. (cost of all of the tickets)

Solving,

c = 153 - a

6.40(153 - a) + 9.60a = 1270.4

979.2 - 6.40a + 9.60a = 1270.4

3.20a = 291.2

a = 91