A book store is hosting a party.The tickets to the event must be ordered ahead of Time and are 1.50 for children and 2:50 for adults.So far 45 children tickets have been sold, w…

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Scott Crossen · Answer 1 · 2021-01-30T11:36:12+0000

Let
be the number of tickets sold so far. We know that

$x\cdot(60)/(100)=45 \iff x=(45\cdot 100)/(60)=75$

So, 75 tickets have been sold so far, 45 of those are children tickets and the remaining 30 are adult tickets.