SOLUTION: For a Saturday matinee, adult tickets cost $4.50 and kids under 12 pay only $2.00. If 90 tickets are sold for a total of $330, how many of the tickets were adult tickets and how ma

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Question 868507: For a Saturday matinee, adult tickets cost $4.50 and kids under 12 pay only $2.00. If 90 tickets are sold for a total of $330, how many of the tickets were adult tickets and how many were sold to kids under 12?
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Hi

x Adult tickets

 4.50x + 2(90-x) = 330

      x = 150/2.50 = 60, Adult tickets and 30 student tickets  90-60