SOLUTION: 7) Tickets for a play at the community theater cost $20 for an adult and $8 for a child. If 220 tickets were sold and the total receipts were $3200, how many of each type of ticke
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Question 148181: 7) Tickets for a play at the community theater cost $20 for an adult and $8 for a child. If 220 tickets were sold and the total receipts were $3200, how many of each type of ticket were sold?
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Jess Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Tickets for a play at the community theater cost $20 for an adult and $8 for a child. If 220 tickets were sold and the total receipts were $3200, how many of each type of ticket were sold?
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Using two variables
Quantity Equation: a + c = 220
Value EQUATION: 20a + 8c = 3200
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Modify to use elimination:
20a + 20c = 4400
20a + 8c = 3200
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Subtract to solve for "c"
12c = 1200
c = 100 (# of child tickets)
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Substitute to solve for "a":
a+c = a+100 = 220
a = 120 (# of adult tickets)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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