Brian is buying some tickets for his family to go to a concert. The normal ticket price for one person is £120. There are discou
nts for booking early. Adult tickets have 30% off the normal price. A child's ticket has 60% off the normal price. Brian buys two adult tickets and three child's tickets with the discount. Work out how much he pays.
The key words you should notice when looking at this word problem are “less than.” This means that the order is flipped, so “3 less than k” means “k minus 3.”