Question

Stacey is selling tickets to the school play. the tickets are $6 for adults and $3 for children. she sells twice as many adult tickets as children's tickets and brings in a total of $360. how many of each kind of ticket did she sell?

Answer 1

suppose she sells x children's tickets, the number of adult tickets is 2x
cost of adult tickets: 6*2x =12x
cost of children's tickets: 3*x
total is 360: 12x+3x=360
15x=360
x=24
24 children's tickets and 48 adult tickets

Answer 2

Answer:

suppose she sells x children's tickets, the number of adult tickets is 2x

cost of adult tickets: 6*2x =12x

cost of children's tickets: 3*x

total is 360: 12x+3x=360

15x=360

x=24

24 children's tickets and 48 adult tickets

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