SOLUTION: The community theater is selling tickets to a musical. The cost of a ticket is $5.50 for an adult and $3.50 for a child. The matinee performance sells 100 tickets. Of the tickets,

Question 1147920: The community theater is selling tickets to a musical. The cost of a ticket is $5.50 for an adult and $3.50 for a child. The matinee performance sells 100 tickets. Of the tickets, c are for child tickets. There are T collars collected for all the tickets.
a. Write an equation that shows T in terms of c for the ticket sales.
b. If there are 35 child tickets sold, what are the total ticket sales for the matinee performance? Show your work.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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The community theater is selling tickets to a ~~musical~~ MATINEE PERFORMANCE. The cost of a ticket is $5.50 for an adult and $3.50 for a child. The matinee performance sells 100 tickets. Of the tickets, c are for child tickets. There are T ~~collars~~ DOLLARS collected for all the tickets.
a. Write an equation that shows T in terms of c for the ticket sales.
b. If there are 35 child tickets sold, what are the total ticket sales for the matinee performance?
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adults, 100-c
children, c

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