Jake, sara, and cole are selling tickets for the school drama show. sara sells half as many tickets as jake. cole sells 6 more than twice as much as jake. they sold a total of 538 tickets together.
a) write an equation to represent the situation.
b) solve to find how many tickets sara sold.

Let x be the number of tickets Jake sold,

Since, Sara sells half as many tickets as Jake.

⇒ The ticket sold by Sara =

Also, Cole sells 6 more than twice as much as Jake.

⇒ The ticket sold by Cole = 2x + 6,

Thus, the ticket sold by all three =

a) According to the question,

b) By solving this equation,

Thus, the number of tickets Sara has =

2.   2 3/5.

3.   2 1/2.

step-by-step explanation:

6 - 3 2/5

= 6 -   17/5

= 30/5 - 17/5

= 13/5

= 2 3/5 (answer).

5 1/4 - 2 3/4

= 21/4 - 11/4

= 10/4

= 2 1/2 (answer).

step-by-step explanation: