The drama club is selling tickets to their play to raise money for the show's expenses. Each student ticket sells for $4 and each adult ticket sells for $8.50. The auditorium can hold at most 79 people. The drama club must make no less than $460 from ticket sales to cover the show's costs. If 53 student tickets were sold, determine the minimum number of adult tickets that the drama club must sell in order to meet the show's expenses.

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16 April, 18:22

The drama club is selling tickets to their play to raise money for the show's expenses. Each student ticket sells for $4 and each adult ticket sells for $8.50. The auditorium can hold at most 79 people. The drama club must make no less than $460 from ticket sales to cover the show's costs. If 53 student tickets were sold, determine the minimum number of adult tickets that the drama club must sell in order to meet the show's expenses.

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Ivy Preston · Answer 1

79 people can only be in this so we have 53 kids so 53 * 4 = 212

Step-by-step explanation:

However, there is 53 kids to find how many adults you will have to do 79 - 53 which that = 26 so 26 adults were there. so 26 * 8.50 = 221.

To fine how much money they earn you will just have to add them up so

$212 + $ 221 = $433 so they didn't really earn the amount of money they really want which is $ 460.