SOLUTION: A local community theater sells adult tickets
x
for
$
20
and children's tickets
y
for
$
10
. For one evening performance of a popular musical, the theater sells ou
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Question 1114404: A local community theater sells adult tickets
x
for
$
20
and children's tickets
y
for
$
10
. For one evening performance of a popular musical, the theater sells out
350
and collects a revenue of
$
5250
. The system of equations for this situation is
{
x
+
y
=
350
20
x
+
10
y
=
5250
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Reading it that way is difficult. The description could be written better like this:
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Theatre sells x adult's tickets for $20 each, and y children's tickets for $10 each. On one evening of a performance, 350 tickets were sold and the revenue for tickets was $5250 dollars.
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System of Equations:
A simplification,
and you can easily eliminate y to quickly find x.
.
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