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Mark bought 10 baseball tickets for a

total of $58.00. Adult tickets cost
$8.00 each and children tickets cost
$2.50 each. How many children
tickets and adult tickets did he buy?

User Volatile
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Answer:

6 adult tickets, 4 children tickets

Explanation:

Let a = number of adult tickets.

Let c = number of children tickets.

Equation of numbers of tickets:

a + c = 10

Equation of cost of tickets.

8a + 2.5c = 58

Multiply both sides of the first equation by -8 and add it to the second equation.

-8a - 8c = -80

(+) 8a + 2.5c = 58

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-5.5c = -22

c = 4

a + c = 10

a + 4 = 10

a = 6

Answer: 6 adult tickets, 4 children tickets

User Chris Dennett
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