SOLUTION: An elementary school buys tickets for a field trip to the zoo. The number of children going on the field trip is 18 times the number of adults. Tickets for children cost $4 each an

Question 1100718: An elementary school buys tickets for a field trip to the zoo. The number of children going on the field trip is 18 times the number of adults. Tickets for children cost $4 each and tickets for adults cost $8 each. The total cost of all the tickets is $2860, how many tickets of each type did the school purchase?
A. Define the unknown quantities in terms of one variable.
B. Translate the question into any Question.
C. Solve the equation, showing all work.
D. Write a complete answer to the question asked, including appropriate units.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
y, the number of adults
18y, the number of children

Accounting for the cost,

-----makes no sense because not a whole number

-
Did you copy a wrong number? Maybe the ticket sales was $2880. That would give whole values for y and 18y.
RELATED QUESTIONS
An elementary school buys tickets for a field trip to the zoo. The number of children... (answered by rfer)

An elementary school buys tickets for a field trip to the museum. The number of children (answered by solver91311)

I am having issues translating this word problem into an equation. An elementary... (answered by Boreal,ikleyn)

A middle school took 125 students on a field trip to the zoo. Of the 125 students, 40%... (answered by ikleyn)

The 7th grade math classes are going on a field trip> The field trip will cost $7 per... (answered by Nate)

Your class is going on a field trip. Your teacher paid a total of $175 for 20 tickets.... (answered by jim_thompson5910)

We left the school parking lot on our field trip to the zoo at 8am the bus drove 70 miles (answered by checkley79)

THE COST OF A FIELD TRIP IS $280 PLUS $5 PER STUDENT. THE SCHOOL CAN SPEND AT MOST $500... (answered by stanbon)

To use a school bus for a field trip, the high school athletic club must pay $75 for... (answered by TimothyLamb)