SOLUTION: a movie theatre has 2 ticket prices 8.00 for adults and 5.00 for children. If the box office took in 4116 from the sale of 600 tickets how many tickets of each kind of ticket

Algebra ->  Expressions-with-variables -> SOLUTION: a movie theatre has 2 ticket prices 8.00 for adults and 5.00 for children. If the box office took in 4116 from the sale of 600 tickets how many tickets of each kind of ticket      Log On


   



Question 1097323: a movie theatre has 2 ticket prices 8.00 for adults and 5.00 for children. If the box office took in 4116 from the sale of 600 tickets how many tickets of each kind of ticket
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1.A%2BC=600
2.8A%2B5C=4116
Multiply eq. 1 by 5 and subtract from eq. 2,
8A%2B5C-5A-5C=4116-3000
3A=1116
Solve for A, then use either equation to solve for C.