I need some help with this question: The MoviePlex theater sold 1,456 tickets. The theater sold 6 times as many regular price
tickets as it sold discount tickets. Earl says that the expression 1456 divided by 6 give the number of discount tickets. Is Earl correct? If not, write the correct expression. Explain your answer.
Earl isn't correct: the number 1,456 represents the total number of tickets sold, rather than simply six times the number of tickets sold.
Let x= the discount ticket price
1456 = 6x + x 1456 = 7x x = 28
28 discount tickets were sold. The total number of tickets sold is equal to both the number of discount tickets sold plus six times that number: 1,456 = 6x+ x. Solve for x.
I agree with Kiersten979,<span>Earl isn't correct: the number 1,456 represents
the total number of tickets sold, rather than simply six times the
number of tickets sold.
Let x= the discount ticket price
1456 = 6x + x 1456 = 7x x = 28
28
discount tickets were sold. The total number of tickets sold is equal
to both the number of discount tickets sold plus six times that number:
1,456 = 6x+ x. Solve for x. </span>
