SOLUTION: Movie tickets at a local theater cost $6 for adults and $2 for children under 12. If 175 tickets were sold, with receipts of $750, how many children's tickets were sold?
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Question 702096: Movie tickets at a local theater cost $6 for adults and $2 for children under 12. If 175 tickets were sold, with receipts of $750, how many children's tickets were sold? Found 2 solutions by sachi, josmiceli:Answer by sachi(548) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! let there are x adults & y children
then x+y=175
or x=175-y........1
cost of tickets is $6 for adults and $2 for children
then 6x+2y=750........2
putting the value from 1
6(175-y)+2y=750
or 1050-6y+2y=750
or 4y=300
or y=75
from x=175-75-100
100 children tickets were sold
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You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let = number of children's tickets sold
Let = number of adult tickets sold
(1)
(2)
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Multiply both sides of (1) by
and subtract (1) from (2)
(2)
(1)
and
(1)
(1)
(1)
75 children's tickets were sold
check:
(2)
(2)
(2)
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