Entrance tickets for a carnival are $7 for children and $12 for adults. If one evening 892 tickets were sold with total receipts of $7359, how many children and how many adults entered the carnival?

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2022-09-04

Entrance tickets for a carnival are $7 for children and $12 for adults. If one evening 892 tickets were sold with total receipts of $7359, how many children and how many adults entered the carnival?

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coccusk7

coccusk7

Beginner2022-09-05Added 14 answers

Suppose that the numbet of was x. Then the number of children =892-x
$ 12 ( x ) + $ 7 ( 892 x ) = $ 7359 12 x + 6244 = 7 x = 7359 6244 + 5 x = 7359 5 x = 7359 6244 = 1115 x = 1115 5 = 223 892 x = 669

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