Question

At a movie theatre, children’s tickets cost $5 each for people aged 12 years and younger and adult tickets cost $8 each for people aged 13 years and older. The movie theatre made $480 in ticket sales. Write an equation that models the total ticket sales

Answer 1

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Answer:

5c +8a = 480

Explanation:

Let c and 'a' represent the numbers of children's and adults tickets sold, respectively. If children's tickets are sold for $5 and adult's tickets are sold for $8, then the total revenue from ticket sales is ...

5c +8a = 480