A small theater sold 72 tickets for a play. The ratio of adult tickets to child tickets was 4:1. The ratio of adult tickets to senior tickets was 4:3. How many of each type of ticket were sold?

Adult 36

Children 9

senior 27

Step-by-step explanation:

We have 3 types of tickets as seen from the question;

Adult, children and seniors tickets.

Now, looking at the question critically,

Since the ratio of adults to children and senior citizens stands at 4: a specific value, we can then conclude that the ratio of tickets sold is 4:1:3

where 1 and 3 represents the ratio for the children and seniors respectively

So let's calculate the individual ratio now.

For the total, we have 4 + 1 + 3 = 8

Thus, for the adults, we have 4/8 * 72 = 36

For the children, we have 1/8 * 72 = 9

For the seniors, we have 3/8 * 72 = 27