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Child admission is 5.50 and adult admission is 8.80, twice as many adult tickets as child tickets were sold, for a total of 669.90 how many child tickets were sold that day?

User Troy Hunt
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Answer:

The answer to your question is: 29 tickets for children and 58 tickets for men.

Explanation:

User Caffo
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Answer:

The answer to your question is: 29 tickets for children and 58 tickets for men.

Explanation:

Child = c = $ 5.50

Adult = a = $8.80

Equation

a = 2c

5.5c + 8.8a = 669.9

5.5c + 8.8(2c) = 669.9

5.5c + 17.6c = 669.9

23.1c = 669.9

c = 669.9 / 23.1

c = 29

a = 2(29)

a = 58

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