SOLUTION: For a Saturday matinee, adult tickets cost $3.50 and kids under 12 pay only $3.00. If 77 tickets are sold for a total of $254, how many of the tickets were adult tickets and how ma

SOLUTION: For a Saturday matinee, adult tickets cost $3.50 and kids under 12 pay only $3.00. If 77 tickets are sold for a total of $254, how many of the tickets were adult tickets and how ma

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Question 898240: For a Saturday matinee, adult tickets cost $3.50 and kids under 12 pay only $3.00. If 77 tickets are sold for a total of $254, how many of the tickets were adult tickets and how many were sold to kids under 12?
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hi
$3.50x + $3.00(77-x) = $254 (x the number of adult tickets)
x = (254 - 231)/.50 = 46 Adult, kids 31
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$3.50*46 + $3.00*31 = ____
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