Question

(Ticket sales) tickets for a community theater costs $10 for each main floor seat and $8 for each balcony seat. There are 400 seats on the main floor, and these seats were sold out for the evening performance. The total revenue from ticket sales was $5200. How many balcony seats were song?

Answer 1

150 seats were sold.

Explanation:

first do 10x400= 4000

then 5200-4000= 1200

divide that by how much balcony tickets cost, so 1200÷8= 150 seats

Answer 2

150

Explanation:

400*10=4000

5200-4000=1200

1200 divided by 8 =150