Question

The theater sells two types of tickets: adult tickets

for $10 and child tickets for $8.
Last night, the theater sold a total of 281 tickets for
a total of $2712. How many adult tickets did the
theater sell last night?

Answer 1

232 adult tickets

Explanation:

10x+8y=2712

x+y=281

10x+10y=2810

2y=98

y=49

x=232

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