64 movie tickets are sold. 5/8 of the tickets were for adult admission. How many adult admission tickets were sold?

24 tickets
52 tickets
40 tickets
320 tickets

40 tickets

Step-by-step explanation:

5/8 is .63

64 x .63 = 40.32 rounded is equal to 40 tickets

40

Step-by-step explanation:

First take note 64 tickets were sold in total and 5/8 of those tickets were for adults.

To solve this you must first make 5/8 a decimal and to do so you will divide 5 by 8.

which is equal to .625

Now multiply 65 by .625 = 40.42500

answer:

payment just for service  

→

$

87.12

payment for service including tax

→

$

94.09

explanation:

service only with 20% tip  

→

$

72.6

(

1

+

20

100

)

=

$

87.12

in the opening of the question the word 'service' is associated only with the pretax value.

the closing part of the question asks: how much did she pay for the  

service

−−−−−−  

so technically the answer is  

→

$

72.6

(

1

+

20

100

)

=

$

87.12

however, the intention of the question provider may have been that your answer is to be  

$

87.12

(

1

+

8

100

)

=

$

94.09

to 2 decimal places.

'

payment just for service  

→

$

87.12

payment for service including tax

→

$

94.09

tony b

mar 21, 2017

answer:

trying to explain it another way

explanation:

service charge  

.

→

$

72.60

20% tip  

20

100

×

$

72.60

=

$

14.52

−−−−−−  

←

add

$

87.12

tax  

8

100

×

$

87.12

=

$

6.97

−−−−−  

←

add

$

94.09

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