SOLUTION: Ticket prices to a movie cost $20 for adults, $10 for children, $5 for children under 1. 120 people attend and brings in $1555. How many attend each category?
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Question 1021840: Ticket prices to a movie cost $20 for adults, $10 for children, $5 for children under 1. 120 people attend and brings in $1555. How many attend each category? Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let A be the number of adults, B be the number of children, and C be the number of children under 1.
There are multiple solutions based on this information. ,-- Total number of people
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Then substituting,
All three numbers must be integers and greater than or equal to zero,
and
So then,
with
