SOLUTION: 3.Angelo took a group of people to the movies and spent $80 on tickets. Adult tickets cost $10 and child tickets cost $6. The equation to represent his cost is 10A + 6C = $80. If t
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Question 811408: 3.Angelo took a group of people to the movies and spent $80 on tickets. Adult tickets cost $10 and child tickets cost $6. The equation to represent his cost is 10A + 6C = $80. If there were 5 children in the group, how many adult tickets did he purchase? Show your work and use a complete sentence to explain your solution in the context of the original problem
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
plug in 5 for c
10a+5*6=80
10a=50
a=5
There were five adults.
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