SOLUTION: The Celluloid Cinema sold 150 tickets to a movoe. Some of these were child tickets and the rest were adult tickets. A child ticket cost $7.75 and an adult ticket cost $10.25. If th
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Question 1062781: The Celluloid Cinema sold 150 tickets to a movoe. Some of these were child tickets and the rest were adult tickets. A child ticket cost $7.75 and an adult ticket cost $10.25. If the cinema sold $1470 worth of tickets, which system f equation could be used to determine how many adult tickets, a, and how many child tickets c, were sold? Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let = number of adult tickets sold
Let = number of child tickets sold
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(1)
(2) ( in cents )
Divide both sides by
(2)
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Multiply both sides of (1) by
and subtract (1) from (2)
(2)
(1)
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and
(1)
(1)
(1)
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123 adult tickets and 27 child tickets were sold
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check:
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
OK
