SOLUTION: A theatre contains 468 seats and the ticket prices for a recent play were $40 for adults and $17 for children. If the total proceeds were $11,912 for a sold-out matinee, how many

Question 857341: A theatre contains 468 seats and the ticket prices for a recent play were $40 for adults and $17 for children. If the total proceeds were $11,912 for a sold-out matinee, how many of each type of ticket were sold?
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

 

Hi,

Let x represent the number of adult tickets ⇒children's number is 

Question States***

 40x + 17(468-x) = 11912

        23x = 11912 - 17*468     |Solve for x and then find (468-x) as well

    



 

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