Problema Solution

Five hundred tickets were sold for a Saturday evening performance of a play. The tickets costs $7.50 for adults and $4.00 for children. A total of $3312.5 was received for all the tickets sold that Saturday evening. How many adults attended the play?

Answer provided by our tutors

Let

x = the number of adult tickets

y = the number of children tickets

x + y = 500

7.50x + 4.00y = 3312.5

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x = 375 adult tickets

y = 125 children tickets

375 adults attended to play.