Question 498158: The admission tickets to a concert was sold $8 for each adult, and $5 for each child. The number of adult tickets sold was 50 less than twice the number of children's tickets sold. If the total sales amounted to $5,900, how many tickets of each type were sold?
Answer by lwsshak3(11628)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The admission tickets to a concert was sold $8 for each adult, and $5 for each child. The number of adult tickets sold was 50 less than twice the number of children's tickets sold. If the total sales amounted to $5,900, how many tickets of each type were sold?
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let x = number of children's tickets sold
2x-50 = number of adult tickets sold
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5x+8(2x-50)=5900
5x+16x-400=5900
21x=6300
x=300
2x-50=600-50=550
ans:
300 children's tickets were sold
550 adult tickets were sold
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