At a movie theater a cashier sold 250 more adult admission tickets than children admission tickets. The adults were $6.00 each and the childrens tickets were $3.50 each. what is the least number of adult tickets that the cashier has to sell for the total receipts of $2750?

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Noe Blackburn

31 January, 06:46

At a movie theater a cashier sold 250 more adult admission tickets than children admission tickets. The adults were $6.00 each and the childrens tickets were $3.50 each. what is the least number of adult tickets that the cashier has to sell for the total receipts of $2750?

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Samson Rhodes · Answer 1

Let a = # of adult tickets sold

Let c = # of children's tickets sold

250 + c = a

c + 250 + c = 2c + 250 = 2750

2c = 2500

c = 1250

a = 1250 + 250 = 1500

Least number of adult tickets that the cashier needs to sell for the receipts to be $2750 is 1500.