SOLUTION: Last Friday night, 320 attended a play at a local theatre. Adult tickets for the play cost $8 and children’s tickets cost $5. If the box office took in $2170 from ticket sales th
Question 910452: Last Friday night, 320 attended a play at a local theatre. Adult tickets for the play cost $8 and children’s tickets cost $5. If the box office took in $2170 from ticket sales that evening, determine how many adult tickets were sold. Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! x the number of adult tickets
8x + 5(320-x) = 2170
8x + 1600 - 5x = 2170
x = 570/3 = 190, the number of adult tickets