Problema Solution
For a school drama performance, student tickets cost $5 each and adult tickets cost $10 each. The sellers collected $3,570 from 512 tickets sold. If c is the number of student tickets sold, which equation can be used to find the amount of tickets sold of each type?
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Let
c = the number of student tickets sold
512 - c = the number of adult tickets sold
The equation used to find the amount of tickets sold of each type is:
5c + 10(512 - c) = 3570
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c = 310 student tickets sold
512 - 310 = 202 adult tickets sold