SOLUTION: Miguel is selling tickets to a barbecue. Adult tickets cost $8.00 and children's tickets cost $5.00. He sells seven more children's tickets than adult tickets. The total amount of
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Question 486613: Miguel is selling tickets to a barbecue. Adult tickets cost $8.00 and children's tickets cost $5.00. He sells seven more children's tickets than adult tickets. The total amount of money he collects is $256.00. How many adult tickets and how many children's tickets did he sell?
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
adult tickets x
children tickets x+7
8x+5(x+7) = 256
8x+5x+35=256
13x=221
x=17 adult tickets
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