SOLUTION: Adult tickets for a play cost $18 and child tickets cost $15. If there were 27 people at a performance and the theater collected $429 from ticket sales, how many children attended
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Question 104266: Adult tickets for a play cost $18 and child tickets cost $15. If there were 27 people at a performance and the theater collected $429 from ticket sales, how many children attended the play? Answer by BurningFlame_marc(77) (Show Source):
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First, let x be the number of children and 27-x be the number of adult.
Equation:
15x+18(27-x)=429
Solution:
15x+486-18x=429
-3x= -57
x=19
Final Answer: 19 children.
