At the city museum, child admission is $5.50 and adult admission is $9.60. On Sunday, three times as many adult tickets as child tickets were sold, for a total sales of $720.30. How many child tickets were sold that day?

Jenny Stafford

Jenny Stafford

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2022-08-03

At the city museum, child admission is $5.50 and adult admission is $9.60. On Sunday, three times as many adult tickets as child tickets were sold, for a total sales of $720.30. How many child tickets were sold that day?

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Jazmin Cameron

Jazmin Cameron

Beginner2022-08-04Added 16 answers

let child tickets sold be 'x'
then, adult tickets = 3x
now,
5.5*x + 9.6*3x = 720.3
x = 47.7 or 48
adult = 3*47.7 = 143

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