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At the movie theatre, child admission is $5.30 and adult admission is $8.90 . On Tuesday, twice as many adult tickets as child tickets were sold, for a total sales of $462.00 . How many child tickets were sold that day?

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let


c = the number of child tickets sold

a = the number of adult tickets sold


twice as many adult tickets as child tickets were sold, for a total sales of $462.00


a = 2c


5.30c + 8.90a = 462


by solving the system of equations


a = 2c

5.30c + 8.90a = 462


we find


c = 20 child tickets


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there were 20 child tickets sold that day.