Question

Tickets for the movies are $7 for adults and $4 for children. Fourteen people paid a total of $68 for tickets. How many were adults and how many were children?

Answer 1

28 plus 40=68 is how many adults and children

Answer 2

so let a=adults tickdts and c=children tickets
7a+4c=68
sincr it was 14 ppl,
let a+c=14
so, system of equations.
multiply a+c= 14 all by 4 to get
4a+4c=56 subtract this from the other
7a+4c=68
-3a=-12
a=4
plug in to either. for a
4+c=14
c=10
plug into other equation to check.
7(4)+4(10)=68
28+40=68