SOLUTION: Last Friday night, 320 attended a play at a local theatre. Adult tickets for the play cost $8 and children’s tickets cost $5. If the box office took in $2170 from ticket sales th
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Question 910452: Last Friday night, 320 attended a play at a local theatre. Adult tickets for the play cost $8 and children’s tickets cost $5. If the box office took in $2170 from ticket sales that evening, determine how many adult tickets were sold.
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x the number of adult tickets
8x + 5(320-x) = 2170
8x + 1600 - 5x = 2170
x = 570/3 = 190, the number of adult tickets
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