SOLUTION: The admission to a movie theater is $4.50 for adults and $2.25 for children. Total earning in one night is $9274.25 for 278 admissions. Find the number of adults and children who p

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Question 702988: The admission to a movie theater is $4.50 for adults and $2.25 for children. Total earning in one night is $9274.25 for 278 admissions. Find the number of adults and children who paid admission to the theater on that night.
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Let represent the number of adult tickets and represent the number of child tickets.

Then





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I recommend the substitution method for this problem.

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