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700 tickets were sold for a game for a total of $1,250.00. If adult tickets sold for $2.00 and children's tickets sold for $1.50, how many of each kind of ticket were sold?

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the answer to this is 15 tickets. you have to first multiply the number of tickets they have by the tickets they sold and then you will get your answr if 15 thickest
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Answer: 400 adult tickets and 300 children's tickets were sold

Explanation:

Let x represent the number of adult tickets that were sold.

Let y represent the number of children's tickets tickets that were sold.

700 tickets were sold for the game. It means that

x + y = 700

If adult tickets sold for $2.00 and children's tickets sold for $1.50 and the total amount for which the tickets were sold $1250, iteans that

2x + 1.5y = 1250- - - - - - - - -1

Substituting x = 700 - y into equation 1, it becomes

2(700 - y) + 1.5y = 1250

1400 - 2y + 1.5y = 1250

- 2y + 1.5y = 1250 - 1400

0.5y = 150

y = 150/0.5

y = 300

x = 700 - y = 700 - 300

x = 400

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