SOLUTION: At a circus, the cost for tickets was $4 for all adults over 60 and $7 for all others. If 458 people bought tickets and a total of $2300 was received, how many tickets were sold t

Question 680552: At a circus, the cost for tickets was $4 for all adults over 60 and $7 for all others. If 458 people bought tickets and a total of $2300 was received, how many tickets were sold to adults over 60?
I have been over this a million times and can't wrap my head around it. Help please!!
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
i think this is the easiest way to understand it:
Let = number of tickets sold to adults over 60
Let = number of tickets sold to all others
---------------
given:
(1)
(2)
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Multiply both sides of (1) by
and subtract (1) from (2)
(2)
(1)

and, since
(1)
(1)
(1)
302 tickets were sold to adults over 60
(156 tickets were sold to all others)
Hope this helps

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