You find a common denominator (the bottom one) and then add the numerator (the top) but you don't add the denominator, you just make it the same
X= number of adult tickets
y=number of child tickets.
we can suggest this system of equations:
x+y=118 ⇒x=118-y
7.5x+3y=696
we can solve this system of equations by substitution method:
7.5(118-y)+3y=696
885-7.5y+3y=696
-4.5y=-189
y=-189/-4.5
y=42
x=118-y
x=118-42
x=76
Answer: the number of adult tickets sold was 76.
0.22% shrinkage as a percent of sales.
To calculate shrinkage you subtract the physical inventory value from the book value.
245,000-237,000 = 800
The shrinkage was $800. To find the shrinkage as a percent of sales take the shrinkage value and divide it by the sales value to get shrinkage as a percentage of sales.
800 / 360,000 = 0.0022....
Multiply Decimal by 100 to get the percentage
100 * 0.0022.... = 0.22%
-7x-5y=-47x+9y=-4
combine like terms to cross out the 7x
solve for y, to get -2
plug it back in to one of the equations and x is 2
y=-2
x=2
