Question

At the city museum, child admission is
$6.40
and adult admission is
$9.90
. On Friday,
184
tickets were sold for a total sales of
$1524.10
. How many adult tickets were sold that day?

Answer 1

let x be the number of children
let y be the number of adults

x+y= 184 (eqn 1)
6.40x + 9.90y = 1524.10 (eqn 2)

you are looking for the value of y or the number of adult tickets sold..

you can use substitution method in solving for y.. do you know how to do it?
evaluate the first equation in terms of x first.. tell me what you got and i tell you what's the next step

Answer 2

im so confused hahahaa

Answer 3

which part are you confused with?
i'll try to explain (:

Answer 4

x=184-y

Answer 5

yes that's right!
since x=184-y
replace the variable x in the second eqn using the new evaluated eqn..
like this:

\(\sf 6.40 \color{red}{x} + 9.90y = 1524.10\\\) since \(\sf \color{red}{x=184-y}\),
you'll have:
\(\sf 6.40 (\color{red}{184-y}) + 9.90y = 1524.10\\\)

can you simplify this and solve for y?

Answer 6

oh ok ! is it
99 adult tickets ?

Answer 7

yes (:

Answer 8

thank you !

Answer 9

np

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