Question

AVENGERS: The Avender movie made $1.6 million in ticket sales. Its sequel made $0.8 million in ticket sales. How much more than the first movie make than the sequel. (a) Write and equation and solve it (b) Write your answer in a complete sentence in context of the problem

Answer 1

(a)
`\text{Difference}=\text{First}-\text{Sequel}`

(b) The amount by which the first movie made more than the sequel is $0.8 million.

Explanation:

It is provided that:

• The Avengers movie made $1.6 million in ticket sales.
• The sequel made $0.8 million in ticket sales.

(a)

The equation representing the amount by which the first movie made more than the sequel is:

`\text{Difference}=\text{First}-\text{Sequel}`

(b)

Compute the difference value as follows:

`\text{Difference}=\text{First}-\text{Sequel}\\=\$1.6-\$0.8\\=\$0.8`

Thus, the the amount by which the first movie made more than the sequel is $0.8 million.