SOLUTION: tickets to a high scholl play cost $1.10 for each adult and 40 cents for each child. if 360 tickets are sold for a total of $282.60 how many tickets of each kind are sold?

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Question 3215: tickets to a high scholl play cost $1.10 for each adult and 40 cents for each child. if 360 tickets are sold for a total of $282.60 how many tickets of each kind are sold?
Answer by khwang(438) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the diagonal be d1 and d2
then the area of the rhombus A = d1*d2
Let the side be s, we have (d1/2)^2 + (d2/2)^2 =s^2.
Hence, the perimeter (of the base)
= 4s = 2 sqrt((d1)^2 + (d2)^2))

Kenny