During a three-day premiere, a theater must sell an average of 200 tickets per night to make a profit. For the first two nights, 206 and 185 tickets were sold. How many tickets must be sold for the third night for the theater to make a profit?


A) 197


B) 5


C) 131


D) 209

3 answers

The total must be at least 600.
That is not an option??
Are you even reading the question??
Your reply to Ms Sue suggests that you are merely looking for the answer.

You want an average of 200
Your first day sales were good, there were 6 over your goal
your second day not so good, you were 15 short of the goal.

take it from there