Problema Solution

Anna is a teacher at an elementary school. She purchased 72 tickets to take the first grade children and some parents on a field trip. She purchased children tickets for $10 each and adult tickets for $18 she spent a total of $856. How many of each ticket did she purchase?

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x+y = 72

10x+18y = 856 

 

hence, 8y = 136, y = 7 

 

then, x = 65 tickets

 

so 65 children and 7 adults