Problema Solution
The rate of ticket for science exhibition is 10 rupees for children and 25 rupees for adults. when tickets were sold to 50 persons, the amount got was 740 rupees how many children took tickets?
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Let
a = the number of adult tickets sold, a>0
c = the number of children tickets sold, c>0
Tickets were sold to 50 persons means:
a + c = 50
The amount got was 740 rupees:
25a + 10c = 740
We have the following system of equations:
a + c = 50
25a + 10c = 740
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a = 16 adult tickets
c = 34 children tickets
Assuming that each child took only one ticket the answer is: 34 children took tickets.