SOLUTION: In one day the museum collected $1590 from 321 people. The price of an admission ticket is $6 for an adult and $4 for a child. How many adults and how many children bought tickets

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Question 1199660: In one day the museum collected $1590 from 321 people. The price of an admission ticket is $6 for an adult and $4 for a child. How many adults and how many children bought tickets that day to the museum? (Hint: adults and children add up to 321 total tickets so if you know one you can subtract it from 321 to find the other).
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) About Me  (Show Source):
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x children
321-x adults
Accounting for revenue ticket sales, 4x%2B6%28321-x%29=1590.
Simplify and solve for x.

4x-6x%2B6%2A321=1590
-2x=1590-6%2A321
x=%281590-6%2A321%29%2F%28-2%29-----compute this, and evaluate 321-x.







x=168