With a 12% discount, 18.48 is the price per ticket (2.52 per ticket saved). In order to determine the amount of tickets, we divide the saved amount by the amount saved per ticket.
819/2.52 is 325.
There were 325 tickets purchsed.
( c^2 )^3 = 64 <=>( c^2 )^3 = 4^3 <=> c^2 = 4 <=> c = 2 or c = -2.