SOLUTION: Stacey is selling tickets to the school play. The tickets are $8 for adults and $4 for children. She sells twice as many adult tickets as children's tickets and brings in a total o
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Question 923587: Stacey is selling tickets to the school play. The tickets are $8 for adults and $4 for children. She sells twice as many adult tickets as children's tickets and brings in a total of $460. How many of each kind of ticket did she sell?
Answer by TimothyLamb(4379) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
8x + 4y = 460
x = 2y
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put the system of linear equations into standard form
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8x + 4y = 460
x - 2y = 0
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solution:
x = 46 adult tickets
y = 23 child tickets
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