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Algebra.Com's Answer #193719 by mananth(16946) You can put this solution on YOUR website! At a concert, adult tickets were sold for $13.50 each and childrens tickets were sold for $5.00 each. A total of 450 tickets were sold for this concert. A total of $5063.50 was collected from the sale of the tickets. How many tickets of EACH type were sold? \r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "At a concert, adult tickets were sold for $13.50 each and childrens tickets were sold for $5.00 each. A total of 450 tickets were sold for this concert. A total of $5063.50 was collected from the sale of the tickets. How many tickets of EACH type were sold?\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Adult 13.50 \n" ); document.write( "Child 5.00 \n" ); document.write( "Total tickets 450\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Collection 5063.50\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Let adult ticket cost x\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "13.5x+5*(450-x) = 5063.50\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "13.5x + 2250-5x=5063.50 \n" ); document.write( "8.5x= 5063.50-2250 \n" ); document.write( "8.5x= 2813.5 \n" ); document.write( "X= 331 tickets \n" ); document.write( "Child tickets = 450 -331=119\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "mananth@hotmail.com \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |