SOLUTION: There were 144 tickets sold for a movie. The ratio of the number of child tickets to the number of adult tickets to the number of senior tickets was 4 : 7 : 1. How many of each ty

Question 703303: There were 144 tickets sold for a movie. The ratio of the number of child tickets to the number of adult tickets to the number of senior tickets was 4 : 7 : 1. How many of each type of ticket were sold? (2 points)
44 child tickets, 77 adult tickets, and 11 senior tickets
48 child tickets, 84 adult tickets, and 12 senior tickets
60 child tickets, 80 adult tickets, and 4 senior tickets
59 child tickets, 77 adult tickets, and 8 senior tickets
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = number of Child's tickets
Let = number of adult tickets
Let = number of senior tickets
--------------
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
---------------------
(1)
(2)
Substitute these results into (4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
and
(1)
(1)
(1)
and
(2)
(2)
(2)
48 child , 84 adult, 12 senior tickets

RELATED QUESTIONS
Tickets for an event cost $5 for children, $10 for adults, and $8 for senior citizens.... (answered by ankor@dixie-net.com)

A total of 315 tickets were sold for the school play. They were either adult tickets or... (answered by ikleyn)

student tickets to a movie are $2, while adult tickets cost twice as much as student... (answered by lynnlo)

A total of 464 tickets were sold for the school play.They were either adult tickets or... (answered by rfer)

A total of tickets were sold for the school play. They were either adult tickets or... (answered by rfer)

A total of 568 tickets were sold for the school play. They were either adult tickets or... (answered by rfer)

A total of 330 tickets were sold for the school play. They were either adult tickets or... (answered by lwsshak3)

A total of 227 tickets were sold for the school play. They were either adult tickets or... (answered by stanbon)

A total of 237 tickets were sold for the school play. They were either adult tickets or... (answered by Cromlix)