document.write( "Question 1125925: A theatre contains 408 seats and the ticket prices for a recent play were $49 for adults and $19 for children. If the total proceeds were $12 comma 492 for a sold-out matinee, how many of each type of ticket were sold? \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #742266 by josmiceli(19441) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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Let $\"+a+\"$ = number of adult tickets
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\n" ); document.write( "(1) $\"+a+%2B+b+=+408+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "(2) $\"+49a+%2B+19b+=+12492+\"$
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\n" ); document.write( "solve for a and b\r
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