A radio station had 105 tickets to a concert. They gave away 4 times as many tickets to listeners as to employees. How many tickets did they give away to employees?

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Answer 1 · 2016-03-25T06:17:10

A radio station gave away 21 tickets to listeners, means, tickets were given to employees are $21xx4=84$ .

A radio station had 105 tickets to a concert. They gave away 4 times as many tickets to listeners as to employees.

Let a radio station gave away $x$ tickets to listeners, means, tickets were given to employees are $4x$ .

According to given condition,

$x+4x=105$

$5x=105$

$x=105/5$

$x=21$

A radio station gave away 21 tickets to listeners, means, tickets were given to employees are $21xx4=84$ .