Tickets for the school play were priced at ₦520.00 each for adults and ₦250.00 each for kids. How ma
Tickets for the school play were priced at ₦520.00 each for adults and ₦250.00 each for kids. How many kids’ tickets were sold if the total sales were ₦171,000.00 and there were 5 times as many adult tickets sold as children’s tickets?
Let the number of kids’ tickets be k. Adult tickets were 5 times as many, so adults = 5k.
Money from kids = 250k. Money from adults = 520 × 5k = 2,600k. Together they made ₦171,000, so 250k + 2,600k = 171,000, which gives 2,850k = 171,000.
Divide both sides by 2,850: k = 171,000 ÷ 2,850 = 60. So 60 kids’ tickets were sold. Check: 60 kids × ₦250 = ₦15,000 and 300 adults × ₦520 = ₦156,000; ₦15,000 + ₦156,000 = ₦171,000 ✓.
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