SOLUTION: There were 905 tickets sold for a basketball game for a total of $9,050. If adult tickets cost $12.00 and children's tickets const $7.00, how many of each kind were sold?

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Question 1169249: There were 905 tickets sold for a basketball game for a total of $9,050. If adult tickets cost $12.00 and children's tickets const $7.00, how many of each kind were sold?
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Same kind; different numbers; simple linear equation or equations, 1 or 2 variables


If A adult tickets, then 905-A children's tickets

12A%2B7%28905-A%29=9050, to account for the ticket sales;
Solve this for A and use it to evaluate 905-A.