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A movie theatre Has a seating capacity of 165. The theater charges five dollars for children seven dollars for students and $12 for adults. There are half as many adults as there are children. If the total ticket sales was $1182 how many children students and adults attended?

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Answer:

The number of children are 54, number of students are 84 and number of adults are 27.

Explanation:

Let the number of children be
x

Let the number of students be
y

Let the number of adults be
z

As per question,


x+y+z=165\\5x+7y+12z=1182

Now, adults are half of the children.

So,
z=(x)/(2)\\x=2z

Now, plug in
x=2z in the first two equations.


2z+y+z=165\\3z+y=165-----------------3\\\\ 5(2z)+7y+12z=1182\\10z+12z+7y=1182\\7y+22z=1182 ---------------- 4

Multiply equation (3) by -7 and add it to equation (4).


(3z+y=165)* -7=-21z-7y=-1155\\\\-21z-7y+7y+22z=-1155+1182\\(22z-21z)+(7y-7y)=27\\z=27

Solve for the remaining variables.


x=2z=2* 27=54


x+y+z=165\\54+y+27=165\\81+y=165\\y=165-81=84

Therefore, the number of children are 54, number of students are 84 and number of adults are 27.

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