Problema Solution
The owner of a movie theater wants to determine the composition of his audience for the previous weekend. The theater sells tickets for $14.00 each. Children under 8 receive a $5 discount. Over the weekend, the theater sold 331 tickets and took in $3,709 in revenue. How many child tickets were purchased? How many adult tickets were sold? Use the elimination method to solve this system of equations to find your answer.
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cost for adult is 14 and children is 14-5=9
let number of adult is x anf children is y
x+y=331
and
14x+9y=3709
x= 146 and y=185
thus number of adult is 146 and children is 185