SOLUTION: It cost a family of 7 a total of $373 for general admission to the San Diego Zoo. If each adult ticket cost $59, and each child ticket cost $49, how many adult tickets and how many

Question 836345: It cost a family of 7 a total of $373 for general admission to the San Diego Zoo. If each adult ticket cost $59, and each child ticket cost $49, how many adult tickets and how many child tickets were purchased?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = number of adult tickets
Let = number of child tickets
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(1)
(2)
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Multiply both sides of (1)
by and subtract (1) from (2)
(2)
(1)

and
(1)
(1)
3 adult tickets were purchased
4 child tickets were purchased
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check:
(2)
(2)
(2)
OK
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