A band recently sold 5000 tickets to a concert. If there are 2 types of tickets, regular and children's and there were 600 more children's ticket sold than regular tickets, how many children's tickets were sold? HOW TO SOLVE?

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anonymous · Answer

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danjs · Answer

Set up two Equations with 2 unknown values. 

Total Tickets Sold = #Children + # Regular
and
#Regular + 600  =  #Children

danjs · Answer

Total Tickets Sold is 5000

Solve for #Regular and # Children

danjs · Answer

Let #Regular = R  and #Children = C, the two equations become

5000 = R + C
C = R + 600

Solve for R and C.

anonymous · Answer

Im confused

mathmate · Answer

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Look at the diagram above.
R=# of regular tickets.
Children outnumber regular by 600.
All of them add up to 5000
So set up
R + (R+600) = 5000
Solve for R  (# of regular tickets)