SOLUTION: Six hundred people attended the premiere of a motion picture. Adult tickets cost $6, and children were admitted for $3. If box office receipts totaled $2940, how many children att

Question 838868: Six hundred people attended the premiere of a motion picture. Adult tickets cost $6, and children were admitted for $3. If box office receipts totaled $2940, how many children attended the premiere?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = number of adults who attended
Let = number of children who attended
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(1)
(2)
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Subtract (1) from (2)
(2)
(1)

and
(1)
(1)
220 children attended
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check:
(2)
(2)
(2)
OK

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