SOLUTION: at a movie theater the adult ticket price was 8$ &a the child ticket price was 6$. for a certain movie, 200 tickets were sold & 1440$ was collected how may adult tickets were sold
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Question 1064964: at a movie theater the adult ticket price was 8$ &a the child ticket price was 6$. for a certain movie, 200 tickets were sold & 1440$ was collected how may adult tickets were sold
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A+C=200, the ticket number equation
8A+6C=1440, the cost equation
multiply the first by -6 to eliminate C
-6A-6C=-1200
2A=240
A=120 adults@$8=$960
C=80 child @$6=$480
$1440.
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