SOLUTION: University Theater sold 556 tickets for a play. Tickets cost $22 per adult and $12 per senior citizen. If total receipts were $8492, how many senior citizen tickets were sold?

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Question 901857: University Theater sold 556 tickets for a play. Tickets cost $22 per adult
and $12 per senior citizen. If total receipts were $8492, how many senior
citizen tickets were sold?
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) About Me  (Show Source):
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22x + 12(556-x) = 8492
x = (8492-12*556)/10, number of Adult
Senior is 556 - adult