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

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igreen · Answer

Spent $80 total.

Child tickets cost $6

If 5 children, how many adults?

5 $\times$ 6 = 30

If he spent $30 on children, he must've spent $50 on adults.

And 50 / 10 = 5.

So there were 5 adults.

anonymous · Answer

10a + 30 = 80 i got that part before i posted my question

jigglypuff314 · Answer

10a + 30 = 80     subtract 30 from both sides
then divide both sides by 10