Each child ticket for a ride costs $3, while each adult ticket costs $5. If the ride collected a total of $150, and 40 tickets were sold, how many tickets were sold? Let c be the number of child tickets and a be the number of adult tickets.

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anonymous · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

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pooja195 · Answer

c=children
a=adult
we know the total is  $150
right? 
What is the equation?

pooja195 · Answer

Are you there??

calculusxy · Answer

3x + 5y = $150
x + y = 40

solve using system of equations

calculusxy · Answer

x = children's ticket
y = adult's ticket

calculusxy · Answer

actually let me put it to 
3c + 5a = $150
c + a = 40

calculusxy · Answer

now the main problem is that the question asks for how many tickets were sold even though the problem already says that there 40 tickets that were sold in total, or am i reading it wrong?

anonymous · Answer

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