SOLUTION: University Theater sold 529 tickets for a play. Tickets cost $25 per adult and $15 per Senior Citizen. If total receipts were $9745, how many senior citizen tickets were sold?
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Question 757899: University Theater sold 529 tickets for a play. Tickets cost $25 per adult and $15 per Senior Citizen. If total receipts were $9745, how many senior citizen tickets were sold?
Answer by Cromlix(4381) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Adults = x
Senior Citizens = y
x + y = 529......1
25x + 15y = 9745...2
Multiply (1) by 15
15x + 15y = 7935....3
25x + 15y = 9745....2
Subtract 3 from 2
10x = 1810
x = 181
Substitute x = 181 in
Eq (1)
x + y = 529
181 + y = 529
y = 529 - 181
y = 348
181 adults and 348 Senior Citizens
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