Admission to a car show costs $5 for each ticket. After selling only 20 tickets, they decided to lower the price to $3 each. If they raise $217, how many tickets did they sell in all? By:Ariana Akizian
Admission to a car show costs $5 for each ticket. After selling only 20 tickets, they decided to lower the price to $3 each. If they raise $217, how many tickets did they sell in all? By:Ariana Akizian
$5 X 20 =$100 money they raised from selling 20 tickets @ $5 per ticket.
$217 - $100=$117 money raised after they dropped the price to $3 per ticket
$117 / 3=39 tickets they sold @ $3 per tickets
20 + 39 =59 total tickets sold.
+8261 First multiply 20 by 5:
100
Then subtract 100 from 217.
117.
Then, divide 117 by 3.
39.
Add 20 and 39 to get:
59 tickets.
They sold 59 tickets,
Admission to a car show costs $5 for each ticket. After selling only 20 tickets, they decided to lower the price to $3 each. If they raise $217, how many tickets did they sell in all? By:Ariana Akizian
$5 X 20 =$100 money they raised from selling 20 tickets @ $5 per ticket.
$217 - $100=$117 money raised after they dropped the price to $3 per ticket
$117 / 3=39 tickets they sold @ $3 per tickets
20 + 39 =59 total tickets sold.
