SOLUTION: For a united way fundraising dinner, a total of 245 tickets were sold. Adults tickets sold for $6.50 each and children's tickets sold for $3.00 each. If $1410.50 worth of tickets w
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Question 1063453: For a united way fundraising dinner, a total of 245 tickets were sold. Adults tickets sold for $6.50 each and children's tickets sold for $3.00 each. If $1410.50 worth of tickets were sold, how many adults tickets and how many children's tickets were sold?
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A+C=245
6.50A+3C=1410.50, multiply the top by -3 and add.
-3A-3C=-735
3.5A=675.50
A=193 and that netted $1254.50
C=52 and that netted 156
The sum is $1410.50
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