SOLUTION: Tickets for an amusement park are $12.50 for adults and $8.50 for children. The sales total for all tickets sold during one day was $1169.50. The equation represented for the total

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Question 392659: Tickets for an amusement park are $12.50 for adults and $8.50 for children. The sales total for all tickets sold during one day was $1169.50. The equation represented for the total sales is $12.50a+$8.50c=$1169.50. The total number of tickets sold was 107. Write an equation that represents the total number of tickets using a for the number of adult tickets and c for the number of children's tickets sold. Also, solve the equation to determine how many adult tickets and how many children's tickets were sold.
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The 2nd equation is a + c = 107