Adult tickets cost $10 and children's tickets to a show cost $5. if the number of children's tickets was twice the number of adult tickets, how many of each type of tickets was sold if $800 was collcted in tickets sales? (make sure you write a legend stating what your variable represents)

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1 April, 18:47

Adult tickets cost $10 and children's tickets to a show cost $5. if the number of children's tickets was twice the number of adult tickets, how many of each type of tickets was sold if $800 was collcted in tickets sales? (make sure you write a legend stating what your variable represents)

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Aniya Haney · Answer 1

X=amount of children tickes sold

y=amount of adult tickets sold

2 times of children as adult

x=2y

total cost is 800

5x+10y=800

divide both sides by 5

x+2y=160

x=2y

2y+2y=160

4y=160

divie by 4

y=40

x=2y

x=2 (40)

x=80

80 children tickets

40 adult tickets