Question

At the museum, child admission is 5.80 and an adult is 9.20. On Saturday four times as many adults tickets as child tickets were sold, for a total sales of 1320.60. How many child tickets were sold that day?

Answer 1

Number of child tickets sold = 31

Explanation:

Let,

x be the number of child tickets sold

y be the number of adult tickets sold

According to given statement;

y = 4x Eqn 1

5.80x + 9.20y = 1320.60 Eqn 2

Putting y=4x in Eqn 2

5.80x + 9.20(4x) = 1320.60

5.80x + 36.80x = 1320.60

42.60x = 1320.60

Dividing both sides by 42.60

`(42.60x)/(42.60)=(1320.60)/(42.60)\\x = 31`

Hence,

Number of child tickets sold = 31