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.