for a Saturday matinee, adult tickets cost $5.50 and kids under 12 pay only $4.00. If 70 tickets are sold for a total of $355, how many of the tickets were adult tickets and how many were sold to kids

Darren Greaves asked Sep 3, 2023

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Darren Greaves asked Sep 3, 2023

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Let x be tickets for adults
Y be tickets for kids under 12, then
5.5x + 4 y = 355 ,
x+y = 70=>(y = 70-x)
5.5x + 280-4x=355
1.5x=75
X=50
Y=20

Westandy answered Sep 8, 2023

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