SOLUTION: WORD PROBLEMS:
282 PEOPLE ATTENED A RECENT PERFORMANCE OF CINDERELLA. ADULT TICKETS SOLD FOR $5 AND CHILDREN'S TICKETS SOLD FOR $3. FIND THE NUMBER OF ADULTS AND THE NUMBER OF CHI
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Question 140724: WORD PROBLEMS:
282 PEOPLE ATTENED A RECENT PERFORMANCE OF CINDERELLA. ADULT TICKETS SOLD FOR $5 AND CHILDREN'S TICKETS SOLD FOR $3. FIND THE NUMBER OF ADULTS AND THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN THAT ATTENDED THE PLAY IF THE TOTAL REVENUE WAS $1046.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
First name your variables.
A-adult ticket
C-child ticket
1.
2.
Use equation 1 to solve for A in terms of C.
1.
Now subsitute for A in equation 2.
2.
From above
A=100
C=182
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