SOLUTION: At a charity​ fundraiser, adult tickets were sold for ​$12 each and​ children's tickets were sold for $5 each. Write an algebraic expression for the total amount
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Question 1045692: At a charity fundraiser, adult tickets were sold for $12 each and children's tickets were sold for $5 each. Write an algebraic expression for the total amount of money raised from the sale of tickets.How much money was raised if the fundraiser sold 254 adult tickets and 388 children's tickets?
Let a=the number of adult tickets and let c=the number of child tickets. Then, an algebraic expression for the total money raised from the sale of tickets is ?
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
12A+5C=Total amount raised, if A is adult ticket number and C the children ticket number. ANSWER
12*254+5*388=$3048+$1940=$4988
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