SOLUTION: There is a ticket value of $176.75. A child's ticket cost $5.50 and an adults ticket cost $8.75. If there were three times as many children tickets as adults tickets, how many chil

Question 288667: There is a ticket value of $176.75. A child's ticket cost $5.50 and an adults ticket cost $8.75. If there were three times as many children tickets as adults tickets, how many children and adults got to see the show?
Answer by brucewill(101) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let x = # of Adult Tickets
8.75x + 5.5(3x) = 176.75
8.75x + 16.5x = 176.75
25.25x = 176.75

Substitute back into original question:
8.75 * 7 = 61.25
5.50 * 21 = 115.50
61.25 + 115.50 = 176.75

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