SOLUTION: for a benefit dinner of 250 people, 3/5 of the tickets solds were adult tickets. If adult tickets cost $6.95 each, how much money was raised by selling adult tickets.

Question 532373: for a benefit dinner of 250 people, 3/5 of the tickets solds were adult tickets. If adult tickets cost $6.95 each, how much money was raised by selling adult tickets.
Found 2 solutions by rfer, lmeeks54:
Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
(250*3/5)(6.95)=$1042.50
Answer by lmeeks54(111) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Social commentary, $6.95 per plate is not a lot of money for a charity fundraising dinner . But, the adult ticket price notwithstanding, the way to solve this problem is multiply the # of adult tickets sold * the price per adult ticket ($6.95).
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We are given:
- total attendance: 250 people
- fraction of tickets sold to adults: 3/5 , which is the same as 60%
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We need to multiply the 60% * 250 total tickets to figure # of adult tickets
- then we need to multiply that number * price per adult ticket.
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.60 * 250 = 150 , the total # of adults
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150 adults * $6.95 per adult ticket = total raised by adult tickets
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(150) ($6.95) = $1,042.50 raised
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cheers,
Lee
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