At the movie theatre, child admission is 5.30 and adult admission is 9.50. On Friday, tickets were sold for a total sales of 1217.40 . How many child tickets were sold that day?

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At the movie theatre, child admission is  5.30 and adult admission is  9.50. On Friday,  tickets were sold for a total sales of 1217.40  . How many child tickets were sold that day?

anonymous · Answer

Not enough information. How many total tickets were sold?

anonymous · Answer

sorry 156 were sold

anonymous · Answer

Do you know how to solve systems of equations?

anonymous · Answer

Let C be number of child tickets. Let A be number of adult tickets.

C+A = 156
5.3*C + 9.5*A = 1217.40

Solve