SOLUTION: A theatres seats 990 people. Adult tickets are $8.50 and students ticket are $4. If the ticket sales on a given night were $6885, and the theatres sold out, how many adult ticket w

Question 1044998: A theatres seats 990 people. Adult tickets are $8.50 and students ticket are $4. If the ticket sales on a given night were $6885, and the theatres sold out, how many adult ticket were sold?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39630) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x count of students
y count of adults

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