Question

Tickets for the community fair cost $12 for adults and $5 dollars for children. On the first day of the fair, 312 tickets were sold for a total of $2,204 . How many adult tickets and how many child tickets were sold?

Answer 1

92 adult tickets and 220 children tickets were sold.

Explanation:

Tickets for the community fair cost $12 for adults and,

$5 for children.

On the first day of the fair, 312 tickets were sold for a total of $2,204.

Let the number of adult's tickets sold be (a) and the number of children's tickets be (c)

Now we can form a simultaneous equation;

a + c = 312