SOLUTION: admission to a movie theater is $7 and $5 for children. if the receipts from 200 tickets were $1120, how many adult tickets and how many children's tickets were sold?

Question 365353: admission to a movie theater is $7 and $5 for children. if the receipts from 200 tickets were $1120, how many adult tickets and how many children's tickets were sold?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = number of adult tickets sold
Let = number of children's tickets sold
given:
(1)
(2)
Multiply both sids of (2) by and subtract
from(1)
(1)
(2)

and

60 adult tickets and 140 children's tickets were sold
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