Question

A civic club sold raffle tickets to raise $ 450 for a charity. the wining prize was a television set that cost the club $150. if the raffle tickets cost $0.75 each and the club raised exactly$ 450 after deducting the cost of the television set from the amount collected through ticket sales, how many raffle tickets were sold?

Answer 1

answer is 800 by

cost of television set=150
money needed for charity=450
Total money needed=450+150=600
Cost of a ticket=0.75
tickets needed to be sold for a profit of 600
No.of raffle tickets sold=600 divided by 0.75 = 800

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