SOLUTION: Adult tickets for a play cost $20 and child tickets cost $5. If there were 31 people at the performance, and the theater collected $416.00 from ticket sales, how many children atte

Question 117114: Adult tickets for a play cost $20 and child tickets cost $5. If there were 31 people at the performance, and the theater collected $416.00 from ticket sales, how many children attended?
a.11
b.12
c.13
d.19
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Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
a = number of adults
c = number of children

The closest answer is c. 13
If the answer is 13 children, and

and

obviously not true
So, they either miscounted their receipts, undercharged somebody,
or $9 got lost or stolen!!! But c. is still closest answer
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