SOLUTION: You take a group of 20 people to the movies. Kids' tickets cost $ 4.- each, and adults tickets cost $ 6.- each. Your total cost is $ 96.- . The number of kids in your group is ???

Algebra ->  Coordinate Systems and Linear Equations  -> Linear Equations and Systems Word Problems -> SOLUTION: You take a group of 20 people to the movies. Kids' tickets cost $ 4.- each, and adults tickets cost $ 6.- each. Your total cost is $ 96.- . The number of kids in your group is ???      Log On


   

Question 1140325: You take a group of 20 people to the movies. Kids' tickets cost $ 4.- each, and adults tickets cost $ 6.- each. Your total cost is $ 96.- . The number of kids in your group is ???
Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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Kids=k
adults=a
k+a=20 number equatio
4k+6a=96 money equation
-4k-4a=-80
2a=16
a=8 adults ($48)
k=12 kids ($48) ANSWER