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Question 1118116: there were twelve times more children than adults at the matinee performance of the movie 300. There were 455 people at the theatre.How many adults and children were at the movie
Found 2 solutions by josmiceli, ikleyn:
Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = the number of children
Let = the number of adults
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(1)
(2)
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Plug (2) into (1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
and
(1)
(1)
(1)
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There were 420 children and 35 adults
check:
(2)
(2)
(2)
OK
Answer by ikleyn(52887)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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There were twelve times more children than adults at the matinee performance of the movie .
There were 455 people at the theatre. How many adults and children were at the movie
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For your info and education: 

    In English, in distinction to many other languages, the phrase


        "there were twelve times more children than adults . . . "


    means  "there were 13 times as many children as adults".


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