The movie theater sold 345 tickets to a show. If 2/3 of the tickets sold were adult tickets, which cost $13.95 each, how much money did the theater make from the sale of children’s tickets if they cost 2/3 of the amount of adult tickets? Answer with a dollar amount rounded to the nearest hundredth, placing commas in appropriate places.
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The movie theater sold 345 tickets to a show. If two-thirds (2/3) of the tickets sold were adult tickets, and they cost $13.95 each, the theater made a total of 345 * 2/3 = 230 adult ticket sales.
Therefore, the revenue from adult ticket sales is 230 * $13.95 = $3,208.50.
Children's tickets cost 2/3 of the price of adult tickets, so each child ticket costs 2/3 * $13.95 = $9.30.
Let's calculate the number of child tickets sold by subtracting the number of adult tickets from the total: 345 - 230 = 115 child tickets sold.
Thus, the revenue from children's ticket sales is 115 * $9.30 = $1,069.50.
In total, the theater made $3,208.50 + $1,069.50 = $4,278 from the sale of tickets.