Question

A cinema sold 1000 tickets on a Saturday evening. Adult tickets cost £9, children's

tickets cost £5, and a total of £6680 was collected
If there are a Adult tickets and c Children tickets, write down two simultaneous
equations connecting a and c.
Solve your equations to find how many tickets of each kind were sold.

Answer 1

Explanation:

a + c = 1000

9a + 5c = 6680

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9a + 9c = 9000

9a+ 5c = 6680

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4c = 2320

c = 580

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a+ 580 = 1000

a = 420

A = 420

C = 580

If you substitute the numbers into 9a + 5c = 6680, that should give you the right answer.