the price for a child's admission ticket to a show is 50 dollars. The price for adults ticket is greater than 50 dollars but less than 500 dollars and is a whole number of dollars. If 70 children attend the show and admission receipts are 28,149 dollars how many adults attended?

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anonymous · Answer

the adults have a total of 24649 but i dont know what to do next

anonymous · Answer

Let p is the price of adult tickets:
     $50  <          p               <  $500
And a is the number of adult tickets:  a*p = $24, 649
->  50a < ap = 24, 649    < 500a

@gmcbur70 Can you solve from here?

anonymous · Answer

no im still confused if this is a systems of equations can u give the two or help me find them

anonymous · Answer

24, 649 < 500  a

anonymous · Answer

thank you i understand now

anonymous · Answer

What's your conclusion?