4. Angelo took a group of people to the movies and spent $80 on tickets. Adult tickets cost $10 and child tickets cost $6. The equation to represent his cost is 10A + 6C = $80. If there were 5 children in the group, how many adult tickets did he purchase? Show your work and use a complete sentence to explain your solution in the context of the original problem.

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4.	Angelo took a group of people to the movies and spent $80 on tickets. Adult tickets cost $10 and child tickets cost $6. The equation to represent his cost is 10A + 6C = $80. If there were 5 children in the group, how many adult tickets did he purchase? Show your work and use a complete sentence to explain your solution in the context of the original problem.

anonymous · Answer

Well I think to solve it, the equation would start out like this:
80-(5*6)=x
x would represent the number of adult tickets.

anonymous · Answer

x=50
50/10=5
So 5 adults. But I would get another opinion, just to make sure.

prince1342 · Answer

Oh that actaully seems easy now

prince1342 · Answer

Thanks alot :) ^-^

anonymous · Answer

Yerp!