A radio station had 160 tickets to a concert. They gave away 3 times as many tickets to listeners as to employees. How many tickets did they give away to employees?
A.
3
B.
4
C.
40
D.
43
The total number of tickets given away is 160. Let x be the number of tickets given away to employees. It is given that they gave away 3 times as many tickets to listeners as to employees, so the number of tickets given away to employees is x.
Therefore, the number of tickets given away to listeners is 3x.
The total number of tickets given away is x + 3x = 4x.
We know that 4x = 160 (total number of tickets given away), so x = 160 / 4 = 40.
Therefore, they gave away 40 tickets to employees.
The answer is C. 40.