Problema Solution
On opening night of a play 976 tickets were sold. Total recipts were $8,480. Children's tickets were $8.00 a piece, adult tickets were $11.00 and senior citizens costs $5.00 a piece. If the combined number of children and adult tickets exceeded twice the number of senior citizen tickets by 187, determine how many tickets of each type were sold.
Children__ Adults__ Senior Citizens__
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Children_226_ Adults_487_ Senior Citizens_263_
Solution：Set the number of Ticket for Children is "X", for Adult is "Y", For Senior is "Z"
X + Y + Z = 976
X x 8 + Y x 11 + Z x 5 =8480
(X + Y) - 187 = 2 x Z
Then the answers are X = 226 Y = 487 Z = 263