At the movie theatre, child admission is $6.20 and adult admission is $9.70. On Friday, 135 tickets were sold for a total sales of $1047.00. How many adult tickets were sold that day?

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2022-09-03

At the movie theatre, child admission is $6.20 and adult admission is $9.70. On Friday, 135 tickets were sold for a total sales of $1047.00. How many adult tickets were sold that day?

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Ashlee Ramos

Ashlee Ramos

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Solution: let x and y child and adult tickets sold
so x + y = 135 x = 135 y 6 2 x + 9 7 y = 1017 6 2 ( 135 y ) + 9 7 y = 1017 837 + 3 5 y = 1017 3 5 y = 210 y = 60
Hence Number of adult ticket = 60

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