SOLUTION: on the grand opening of the movie theater 172 tickets were sold adult tickets is $16 and a child ticket is $8 . "how do you put this in a problem"?

Question 748686: on the grand opening of the movie theater 172 tickets were sold adult tickets is $16 and a child ticket is $8 . "how do you put this in a problem"?
Answer by Cromlix(4381) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
In this problem you also require
a sum of money which equals the
cost of all the tickets sold.
First line would be:
x + y = 172
x representing an adult's ticket
y representing a child's ticket
Then:
16x + 8y = cost of all tickets sold
x + y = 172
16x + 8y = cost of all tickets sold
Solve this by substitution

RELATED QUESTIONS
At a movie theater, the adult ticket price is $8 and the child ticket price is $6. For a... (answered by harpazo)

A local movie theater charges $6 for each adult ticket and $3.50 for each child ticket.... (answered by Zucchini)

A movie ticket for an adult cost $9.00 and it cost $7.00 for a child. If a total of 118... (answered by mananth)

A local Movie theater charges $6 for each adult & $3.50 for each child ticket. if the... (answered by ReadingBoosters)

There were 144 tickets sold for a movie. The ratio of the number of child tickets to the... (answered by josmiceli)

At the movie theater, child admission is $5.10 and adult admission is $9.rp. On... (answered by ikleyn)

At the movie theater, child admission is $5.10 and adult admission is $9.40. On... (answered by stanbon)

a movie theater $7.50 for each adult ticket and $4 for each child ticket. if the theater... (answered by mananth)

at a movie theater the adult ticket price was 8$ &a the child ticket price was 6$. for a... (answered by Boreal)