SOLUTION: The admission to a movie theater is $4.50 for adults and $2.25 for children. Total earning in one night is $9274.25 for 278 admissions. Find the number of adults and children who p
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Question 702988: The admission to a movie theater is $4.50 for adults and $2.25 for children. Total earning in one night is $9274.25 for 278 admissions. Find the number of adults and children who paid admission to the theater on that night.
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let 
represent the number of adult tickets and 
represent the number of child tickets.
Then
Solve the system for and
I recommend the substitution method for this problem.
John
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My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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