SOLUTION: Tickets for a play cost $3 for children and $8 for adults. The theater sold 511 seats for $3058, how many of each type of ticket did they sell?
Question 268791: Tickets for a play cost $3 for children and $8 for adults. The theater sold 511 seats for $3058, how many of each type of ticket did they sell? Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Tickets for a play cost $3 for children and $8 for adults. The theater sold 511 seats for $3058, how many of each type of ticket did they sell?
let number of children's ticket sold be x
Adult ticket will be 511=x
Amount from selling children'e ticket will be 3x
Amount from selling adult's ticket will be 8*(511-x)
Their sum wil be the total sales
