Question

A theater company charge $8.50 per ticket for people of all age groups

If c represents the total number of children vwho bought tickets and a represents the total number of adults who bought tickets which expression best represents the total money earned by the company from the sale of tickets

Answer 1

8.50C+8.50A equals the total money earned from the sale of tickets

Answer 2

Let c = # of children who bought a ticket // Let a = # of adults who bought a ticket

Since the theater company charges $8.50 for all age groups, it isn't necessary to have two different variables. The expressions that you could use are:

8.5(a + c)

8.5a + 8.5c

They both equate to the same thing, just two different ways of writing it. I hope this helps!