SOLUTION: For a Saturday matinee, adult tickets cost $7.50 and kids under 12 pay only $4.00. If 90 tickets are sold for a total of $535. How many of the tickets were adult tickets and how ma

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Question 912964: For a Saturday matinee, adult tickets cost $7.50 and kids under 12 pay only $4.00. If 90 tickets are sold for a total of $535. How many of the tickets were adult tickets and how many were sold to kids under 12?
__________ adult tickets
__________ kids tickets
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) About Me  (Show Source):
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adult tickets: x
kids tickets: (90-x)
$7.50x + $4(90-x) = $535
x = (535 - 360)/3.50 = 50, adult tickets. kids 40 tickets 90-50
and...checking
$375 + $160 = $535