SOLUTION: Admission prices to a movie are $4 for children and $7 for adults. If 75 tickets were sold for $456, how many of each type of ticket were sold?

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Question 861499: Admission prices to a movie are $4 for children and $7 for adults. If 75 tickets were sold for $456, how many of each type of ticket were sold?
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hi,

Let x represent the number of Adult tickets

    7x + 4(75-x) = $456

             3x = 156

              x =  52 adult tickets and 23 children's tickets

CHECKING our answer***

$364 + $92 = $456

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