SOLUTION: For a Saturday matinee, adult tickets cost $4.50 and kids under 12 pay only $2.00. If 90 tickets are sold for a total of $305, how many of the tickets were adult tickets and how ma

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Question 1100143: For a Saturday matinee, adult tickets cost $4.50 and kids under 12 pay only $2.00. If 90 tickets are sold for a total of $305, how many of the tickets were adult tickets and how many were sold to kids under 12?

Answer by josgarithmetic(39630) About Me  (Show Source):
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y adults
k kids
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Equivalent system
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Choose substitution method or elimination method.