SOLUTION: Adult tickets for a play cost $25 each and children's tickets cost $15 each. The total receipts were $7200 and the total attendance was 400. How many adults and how many children a
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Question 150770: Adult tickets for a play cost $25 each and children's tickets cost $15 each. The total receipts were $7200 and the total attendance was 400. How many adults and how many children attended Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Adult tickets for a play cost $25 each and children's tickets cost $15 each. The total receipts were $7200 and the total attendance was 400. How many adults and how many children attended
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Quantity Equation: a + c = 400
Value Equation: 25a + 15c = 7200
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Solve by any method to get:
a = 120 (# of adult tickets sold)
b = 280 (# of child tickets sold)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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