SOLUTION: Adult tickets for a play cost $13 and child tickets cost $10. If there were 22 people at a performance and the theater collected $277 from ticket sales, how many adults and how ma

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Question 110688: Adult tickets for a play cost $13 and child tickets cost $10. If there were 22 people at a performance and the theater collected $277 from ticket sales, how many adults and how many children attended the play?
Answer by scott8148(6628) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let x=children, so 22-x=adults ... 10(x)+13(22-x)=277