SOLUTION: The Best Theme Park sold 130 tickets in an hour and made $5,300 from ticket sales. An adult ticket sells for $50.00. A child ticket sells for $20.00. Let x = the number of adult

Question 974960: The Best Theme Park sold 130 tickets in an hour and made $5,300 from ticket sales. An adult ticket sells for $50.00. A child ticket sells for $20.00.
Let x = the number of adult tickets and y = the number of child tickets. The system below represents this situation.
x + y = 130
50x + 20y = 5300
Graph the system to find the solution. Write the solution as an ordered pair rounded to nearest whole number.
Answer by harpazo(655) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
These are two lines. Graph each line separately. Where the lines cross or meet is the solution point in the form (x,y).
You do the math.
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