SOLUTION: At the local drive-in theater, the manager sold 200 tickets. Adult tickets cost $9 each, while children's tickets cost $5 each. If the theater sold $1420 worth of tickets, how ma
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Question 1074467: At the local drive-in theater, the manager sold 200 tickets. Adult tickets cost $9 each, while children's tickets cost $5 each. If the theater sold $1420 worth of tickets, how many adult tickets and how many children's tickets were sold?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Multiply eq. 1 by 5 and subtract from eq. 2 to eliminate C.
Now solve for A then use either equation to solve for C.
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