4. A theater sold 300 tickets to a special benefit performance. The ticket prices were $4 for children and $6 for adults. If three times as many adults attended as children, how many adults attended?
Q. 4. A theater sold 300 tickets to a special benefit performance. The ticket prices were $4 for children and $6 for adults. If three times as many adults attended as children, how many adults attended?
Denote numbers of attendees: Let's denote the number of children as C and the number of adults as A. According to the problem, three times as many adults attended as children, so we can write the relationship as A=3C.
Total tickets sold: We also know that the total number of tickets sold was 300. This gives us the equation C+A=300.
Substitute relationship into equation: Substituting the relationship from the first step into the second equation, we get C+3C=300, which simplifies to 4C=300.
Solve for number of children: Now we solve for C by dividing both sides of the equation by 4: 44C=4300, which gives us C=75. This means 75 children attended the performance.
Find number of adults: Since A=3C, we can now find the number of adults by multiplying the number of children by 3: A=3×75=225.
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