SOLUTION: Theatre sold children ticket for $6 and adult ticket for $10. A total ticket of 80 tickets were sold for a performance bringing total $720. How many type of ticket were sold?
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Question 361234: Theatre sold children ticket for $6 and adult ticket for $10. A total ticket of 80 tickets were sold for a performance bringing total $720. How many type of ticket were sold?
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Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Theatre sold children ticket for $6 and adult ticket for $10. A total ticket of 80 tickets were sold for a performance bringing total $720. How many type of ticket were sold?
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children ticket $6 - x numbers
adult $10 --- 80-x numbers
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total = $720
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6x+10(80-x)=720
6x+800-10x=720
-4x=720-800
-4x=-80
x= 20 child tickets
60 adult tickets
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