SOLUTION: hi, any help for this Admission tickets to a theater were P60 for adults and P25 for children. Receipts for the day showed that 280 persons attended and P14,000 were collected.

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Question 351596: hi, any help for this
Admission tickets to a theater were P60 for adults and P25 for children. Receipts for the day showed that 280 persons attended and P14,000 were collected. How many children attended that day?

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a + c = 280 ___ a = 280 - c

60a + 25c = 14000

substituting ___ 60(280 - c) + 25c = 14000 ___ 16800 - 60c + 25c = 14000

2800 = 35c