Tickets to a local movie theater were sold at $6.00 for adults and $4.50 for students. There were 240 tickets sold for a total of $1155.00. Solve by elimination to find the number of adult tickets sold and the number of student tickets sold

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Kate Schultz

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6 December, 01:36

Tickets to a local movie theater were sold at $6.00 for adults and $4.50 for students. There were 240 tickets sold for a total of $1155.00. Solve by elimination to find the number of adult tickets sold and the number of student tickets sold

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Emmanuel Barton · Answer 1

Answer: State that y = 430-x, and substitute it into the second equation 6x + 4.5 (430-x) = 2175.

Solve for x. Then plug in what you get for x into the x+y=430 equation and solve for y. Your number of adult tickets should equal 160, and your number of child tickets should equal 270.