SOLUTION: For a Saturday matinee, adult tickets cost $8.50 and kids under 12 pay only $6.00. If 56 tickets are sold for a total of $436.00, how many of the tickets were adult tickets and how

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Question 864552: For a Saturday matinee, adult tickets cost $8.50 and kids under 12 pay only $6.00. If 56 tickets are sold for a total of $436.00, how many of the tickets were adult tickets and how many were sold to kids under 12?
Answer by checkley79(3341) About Me  (Show Source):
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A+C=56 MULTIPLY BY -8.50 & ADD.
8.50A+6.00C=436.00
-8.50A-8.50C=-476.00
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-2.50C=-40.00
C=-40.00/-2.50
C=16 CHILDREN TICKETS WERE SOLD.
A+16=56
A=56-16
A=40 ADULT TICKETS WERE SOLD.
PROOF:
8.50*40+16*6.00=436
340.00+96.00=436
436=436