Question

Tickets for the basketball game cost $14 each. If the sale of the tickets brought in $2212, how many. Tickets were sold?

Answer 1

2212 divided by 14 is he equation
The answer is 158

Answer 2

158 tickets would be sold.

Explanation:

Since,

`\text{Number of tickets}=\frac{\text{Total cost of tickets}}{\text{Cost of each ticket}}`

We have,

Total cost of tickets = $ 2212,

Cost each ticket = $ 14,

Hence,

`\text{Number of tickets that are sold}=(2212)/(14)=158`