SOLUTION: Adult tickets to a play cost $24. Tickets for children cost $18. Tickets for a group of 13 people cost $282. Write and solve a system of equations to find how many children and how

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Question 926744: Adult tickets to a play cost $24. Tickets for children cost $18. Tickets for a group of 13 people cost $282. Write and solve a system of equations to find how many children and how many adults were in the group.

Answer by TimothyLamb(4379) About Me  (Show Source):
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x = number of adults
y = number of kids
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24x + 18y = 282
x + y = 13
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24x + 18y = 282
x + y = 13
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x = number of adults = 8
y = number of kids = 5
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