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Admission prices at a football game were $5 for adults and $ 2 for children.

The total value of the tickets sold was $2520, and 654 tickets were sold. How many adult

tickets and how many child tickets were sold?

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User Tony R
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Answer:

404 adult tickets were sold, and 250 child tickets.

Explanation:

This question can be solved by a system of equations.

I am going to say that

x is the number of adult tickets sold.

y is the number of child tickets sold.

654 tickets were sold.

This means that


x + y = 654


y = 654 - x

Admission prices at a football game were $5 for adults and $ 2 for children. The total value of the tickets sold was $2520.

This means that


5x + 2y = 2520

Since
y = 654 - x


5x + 2(654 - x) = 2520


5x + 1308 - 2x = 2520


3x = 1212


x = (1212)/(3)


x = 404


y = 654 - x = 654 - 404 = 250

404 adult tickets were sold, and 250 child tickets.

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