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. (1 point)
Responses
$230.00
$230.00
$9.30
$9.30
$2,139.00
$2,139.00
$1,069.50
$1,069.50
To find the number of adult tickets sold, we multiply the total number of tickets (345) by 2/3:
345 * 2/3 = 230
So, there were 230 adult tickets sold.
The price of each adult ticket is $13.95, so the total amount of money made from adult tickets is:
230 * $13.95 = $3,213.50
The children's tickets cost 2/3 of the adult ticket price, which is:
2/3 * $13.95 = $9.30
To find the number of children's tickets sold, we subtract the number of adult tickets sold (230) from the total number of tickets sold (345):
345 - 230 = 115
So, there were 115 children's tickets sold.
The total amount of money made from children's tickets is:
115 * $9.30 = $1,069.50
Therefore, the theater made $1,069.50 from the sale of children's tickets. The correct answer is $1,069.50.