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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anonymous · Answer

I know the answer is 50, but I'm going to explain it now.

calculusxy · Answer

10A+6(5)=$180
Solve for A.

anonymous · Answer

We know that C = 5, so 6 x 5 = 30. Then we subtract 80 by 30, which equals 50. So now we know that the cost was 50. Now we divide 50 by 5, which equals 10. So there were 10 adult tickets purchased.

anonymous · Answer

thx