Answer:
9 students
Explanation:
Every 8th person that entered the cinema received a free ticket.
The number of students who entered in the first hour = 76.
The first person given a ticket was the 8th person.
To calculate the number of persons who received a free ticket, we can view this problem as an arithmetic sequence in which:
• The first term = 8
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• The last term = 76.
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• The common difference (every 8th person) = 8.
Using the formula for the last term of an arithmetic sequence, we have:
[tex]\begin{gathered} l=a+(n-1)d_{} \\ 76=8+8(n-1) \end{gathered}[/tex]
Our goal is to find n, the number of students.
[tex]\begin{gathered} 76=8+8n-8 \\ 76=8n \\ n=\frac{76}{8} \\ n=9.5 \end{gathered}[/tex]
Since the number of students that entered in the first hour is not more than 76, we have that:
[tex]\begin{gathered} n\le9.5 \\ \implies n=9 \end{gathered}[/tex]
9 students received a free ticket.
