SOLUTION: adult tickets to play cost $22. TIckets for children cost $15. TIckets for a group of 11 people cost a total of $228. Write and solve a system of equations to find how many childre
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Question 1059141: adult tickets to play cost $22. TIckets for children cost $15. TIckets for a group of 11 people cost a total of $228. Write and solve a system of equations to find how many children and how many adults were in the group
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = number of adults
Let = number of children
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(1)
(2)
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To solve, multiply both sides of (1) by
and subtract (1) from (2)
(2)
(1)
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and
(1)
(1)
(1)
There are 2 children and 9 adults
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