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The movie theater sells adult tickets for $10 and kids

tickets for $8. They sold $176 worth of tickets last Tuesday with a total of 20 ticket sales.
Use the graph to determine the number of adult tickets
and kids tickets sold.
number of adult tickets:
number of kids tickets:

The movie theater sells adult tickets for $10 and kids tickets for $8. They sold $176 worth-example-1
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Answer:

On Tuesday 8 adult tickets and 12 child tickets were sold.

Explanation:

Since the movie theater sells adult tickets for $ 10 and kids tickets for $ 8, and they sold $ 176 worth of tickets last Tuesday with a total of 20 ticket sales, to determine how many tickets of each type were sold, the following calculation must be performed:

10 - 8 = 2

20 x 8 = 160

176 - 160 = 16

16/2 = 8

8 x 10 + 12 x 8 = X

80 + 96 = X

176 = X

Therefore, on Tuesday 8 adult tickets and 12 child tickets were sold.

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