Step-by-step explanation:
The ratio of child tickets to adult tickets is 8 : 1.
It means for each adult ticket the number of child tickets is 8 times more.
On Saturday they sold 147 adult tickets, so the number of child tickets is:
The ratio adult : child, as per picture:
- 1/8 = 147/x ⇒ x = 147*8 = 1176
Total tickets sold, add up child and adult ticket numbers:
