SOLUTION: One thousand tickets were sold at a game. Adult tickets cost $8.50 while kids tickets cost $4.50, for a total of $7,300. How many tickets of each kind were sold?

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Question 393256: One thousand tickets were sold at a game. Adult tickets cost $8.50 while kids tickets cost $4.50, for a total of $7,300. How many tickets of each kind were sold?
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One thousand tickets were sold at a game

Let x and (1000-x) represent number of adult and children tickets respectively

Question states***

 $8.50x + $4.50(1000-x) = $7300

        4x = 2800

         x = 700,the number of adult tickets. child's 300.  (1000-700)

CHECKING our Answer

700*$8.50 + 300*$4.50 = $7300