Problema Solution

At the movie theatre, child admission is

$5.80

and adult admission is

$9.50

. On Sunday, three times as many adult tickets as child tickets were sold, for a total sales of

$994.70

. How many child tickets were sold that day?

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let


a = the number of adult tickets


c = the number of child tickets


On Sunday, three times as many adult tickets as child tickets were sold, for a total sales of $994.70:


a = 3c


5.80c + 9.50a = 994.70


by solving the above system of equations we find:


c = 29 child tickets


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there were 29 child tickets sold that day.