SOLUTION: Tickets for a dance recital cost $17 for adults and $8 dollars for children. The dance company sold 232 tickets and the total receipts were $2,738. How many adult tickets and how m

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Question 1151919: Tickets for a dance recital cost $17 for adults and $8 dollars for children. The dance company sold 232 tickets and the total receipts were $2,738. How many adult tickets and how many child tickets were sold?
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x children
y adults

system%288x%2B17y=2738%2Cx%2By=232%29
Simplify and solve the system any way you want or need.