Problema Solution
At the city museum, child admission is
$5.90
and adult admission is
$9.30
. On Monday,
166
tickets were sold for a total sales of
$1241.20
. How many child tickets were sold that day?
Answer provided by our tutors
Let
x = the number of child tickets
y = the number of adult tickets
x + y = 166
5.90x + 9.30y = 1241.20
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x = 89 child tickets
y = 77 adult tickets
There were 89 child tickets sold that day.