SOLUTION: university theater sold 444 tickets for a play. Tickets cost $20 per adult and $15 per senior citizen. If total receipts were $7345, how many senior citizen tickets were sold?
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Question 284654: university theater sold 444 tickets for a play. Tickets cost $20 per adult and $15 per senior citizen. If total receipts were $7345, how many senior citizen tickets were sold?
Answer by nyc_function(2741) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let a = adult tickets
Let s = senior citizens tickets
a + s = 444
20a + 15s = 7345
You have a system of linear equations in two variables.
Can you finish now?
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