Question

A movie theater had tickets at $12 for adults, $7 for students and $5 for children under 12 years old. A total of 278 tickets were sold for one showing with a total revenue of $2600. If the number of adult tickets sold was 10 more than the combined total of student and children tickets, find a system that could model this situation

Answer 1

Explanation:

Multiply the members of the revenue equation by 2:

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Three linear equations in three unknowns. Solve.