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31 December, 14:48

At the movie theatre, child admission is $6.50 and adult admission is $9.70. On Tuesday, four times as many adult tickets as child tickets were sold, for a total sales of $1721.40. How many child tickets were sold that day? Number of child tickets:

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  1. 31 December, 17:02
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    6.5c + 9.7a = 1721.4

    a = 4c

    6.5c + 9.7 (4c) = 1721.4

    6.5c + 38.8c = 1721.4

    45.3c = 1721.4

    c = 1721.4 / 45.3

    c = 38 ... so there were 38 childrens' tickets <==

    and 152 adult tickets
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