SOLUTION: For a Saturday matinee, adult tickets cost $6.50 and kids under 12 pay only $5.00. If 100 tickets are sold for a total of $560, how many of the tickets were adult tickets and how m

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Question 960709: For a Saturday matinee, adult tickets cost $6.50 and kids under 12 pay only $5.00. If 100 tickets are sold for a total of $560, how many of the tickets were adult tickets and how many were sold to kids under 12?
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For a Saturday matinee, adult tickets cost $6.50 and kids under 12 pay only $5.00. If 100 tickets are sold for a total of $560, how many of the tickets were adult tickets and how many were sold to kids under 12?
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let x=number of tickets sold to kids under 12
100-x=number of tickets sold to adults
5x+6.5(100-x)=560
5x+650-6.5x=560
1.5x=90
x=60
100-x=40
how many tickets were sold to kids under 12? 60
how many of the tickets were adult tickets?=40