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A theater wants to take in at least $2,000 for a particular showing of a movie.

Children's tickets cost $5 each and adult tickets cost $10 each. Write an inequality
describing the number of tickets that will allow the theater to meet their minimum. Let
x = the number of children's tickets sold and y = the number of adult tickets sold.

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if x and y are the number of tickets then you multiply them by the cost to have the equation of 10y + 5x=2000
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Answer:

5x+ 10y = 2,000

Explanation:

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