SOLUTION: write an equation and solve (if you can put a chart please make it) Tickets to the cinema cost $5 for children and $8 for adults. If the auditorium, which holds 350 people, wa

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Question 994621: write an equation and solve (if you can put a chart please make it)

Tickets to the cinema cost $5 for children and $8 for adults. If the auditorium, which holds 350 people, was sold out for all three performances and the net income fro ticket sales was $7455, how many children and how many adults watched the cinema?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39623) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x, child
y, adult
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Elimination Method usually works well in these academic problems. Multiply the ticket count equation by 5, and use the result to eliminate x to first solve for y.