Question 519199
Tickets are $3 for kids and $5 for adults. There were three times as many kids tickets sold as adult tickets. All together the circus made $700. How many of each ticket was sold?
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Equations:
Tickets: k = 3a
Value:: 3k + 5a = 700
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Substitute for "k" and solve for "a":
3(3a) + 5a = 700
14a = 700
a = 50 (# of adult tickets sold)
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Solve for "k":
k = 3a
k = 3(50)
k  150 (# of kids tickets sold)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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