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Mr Ramirez purchased 20 concert tickets for the total of $225. The concert tickets cost $15 for adults and $10 for children under the age of 12. Write 2 system of equations to represent the given scenario.

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Answer:

Explanation:

think about it like this. here is what we know

  • a total of 20 tickets was bought
  • the total cost was $225

so for this problem we will let A represent the number of adults and let C represent the number of Children. So with that said:

A+C=20

so in the end

15a+10c=225

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