SOLUTION: I need your help with this word problem: Gary sold tickets to the school football game. He sold $1240 worth of tickets. He sold 10 more adult tickets than children tickets and 4 ti

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Question 1131992: I need your help with this word problem: Gary sold tickets to the school football game. He sold $1240 worth of tickets. He sold 10 more adult tickets than children tickets and 4 times as many senior tickets than children tickets. If children tickets are $4, senior tickets are $6, and adult tickets are $10, how many children tickets did Gary sell?
Found 2 solutions by Boreal, josgarithmetic:
Answer by Boreal(15235)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A= adult tickets, C=children tickets, S=senior tickets
A-10=C; C+10=A
4C=S
4C+6S+10A=1240, but S=4C and C=A-10
4C+24C+10C+100=1240
38C=1140
C=30 children tickets and $120
A=C+10=40 adult tickets and $400
4C=S=120 senior tickets and $720
adds to $1240.

Answer by josgarithmetic(39617)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
            Numbers of Tickets   Price    Sales

ADULT           c+10             10       10(c+10)
CHILDREN        c                 4        4c
SENIOR          4c                6        6*4c
Total  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -   $ 1240

------simplify and solve for c. Use this to find the other "Numbers of Tickets" expressions.

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