The answer is: [A]: " 120 ft² " . _______________________________________________________ Explanation: _______________________________________________________ Set up a ratio as a fraction: _______________________________________________________
Divide each side of the equation by "8" ; to isolate "x" on one side of the equation ; and to solve for "x" ; ______________________________________________________ 8x / 8 = 960 / 8 ;
to get: x = 120 .
The answer is: [A]: " 120 ft² " . ______________________________________________________
EXPLANATION We are looking for the number of adult tickets sold. number of adult tickets sold =x We are given that there were 61 more student tickets sold than adult tickets. number of student tickets sold =+x61 The total number of tickets sold was 511.