SOLUTION: A school fund raising event sold a total of 212 tickets and generated a total revenue of $742.70 . There are two types of tickets: adult tickets and child tickets. Each adult ticke

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Question 1188832: A school fund raising event sold a total of 212 tickets and generated a total revenue of $742.70 . There are two types of tickets: adult tickets and child tickets. Each adult ticket costs $5.35 , and each child ticket costs $2.65 . Write and solve a system of equations to answer how many adult and child tickets were sold.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) About Me  (Show Source):
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a adult tickets at $5.35 ea.
c child tickets at $2.65 ea.

system%28a%2Bc=212%2C5.35a%2B2.65c=742.7%29

system%28a%2Bc=212%2C107a%2B53c=14854%29

Solve how you want.