An amusement park sells child and adult tickets at a ratio of 8: 1, on saturday, they sold 147 more child tickets adult tickets. how many tickets did the amusement park sell on saturday?

Suppose the park sold X tickets to adults on Saturday, then the number of tickets sold to the children would be 8X. (Its stated in the question that the sell tickets at a ratio of 8:1). So, Tickets sold to children= 8X Tickets sold to Adults= X According to question, The sold 147 more children tickets than adult tickets, so (Number of children ticket sold) - (Number of adult tickets sold) should be equal to 147. Children ticket sold - adult ticket sold. = 147 8X - X = 147 7 X= 147 X = 147/7 X = 21. The number of tickets sold to adults = 21, The number of tickets sold to children = 8X = 8*21=168 Total number of tickets sold on Saturday = 168 + 21 = 189.