SOLUTION: Entrance tickets for a carnival are $5 for children and $10 for adults. If one evening 836 tickets were sold with total receipts of $5225, how many children and how many adults ent

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Question 1099149: Entrance tickets for a carnival are $5 for children and $10 for adults. If one evening 836 tickets were sold with total receipts of $5225, how many children and how many adults entered the carnival?
Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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C+A=536, this is the number of tickets equation
5C+10A=5225 this is the revenue equation
-5C=5A=-2680
5A=2545
A=509 tickets or $5090
C=27 tickets or $135
They add to $5225