Question

At the movie theater child admission is 5.9 and adult admission is 9.7 on Saturday 168 tickets were sold for a total sales of 1272.4 how many child tickets were sold that day

Answer 1

children tickets=94

adult tickets= 74

Explanation:

children ticket=c

adult ticket=a

5.9 c+9.7 a=1272.4

c+a=168

c=168-a

5.9(168-a)+9.7a=1272.4

991.2-5.9 a+9.7 a=1272.4

3.8 a=1272.4-991.2=281.2

1.9 a=140.6

a=74

c=168-74=94