Sesame Street Live
The national touring company of Sesame Street Live (SSL) visted Seattle last year. The producers held a special promational ticket sale for one hour. During this time, adult tickets were $5, junior (age 8-12) tickets were $2, and children (age 0-3) were 10 cents. During this sale, 120 tickets sold for exactly $120. How many of each kind of ticket were sold during the sale? Say how you got the answer, please.
2006-11-20 14:10:39 · 2 answers · asked by nobelpercussiongrl 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
deadline: sunday: 11.26.06.
2006-11-22 14:26:01 · update #1
adult tickets = 17
junior tickets = 13
child tickets = 90
two equations:
a= adult tickets;j=junior tickets;c=child tickets
a + j + c = 120
5a + 2j + .1c =120
solve for c in the first equation:
c = 120 - a - j
substitute for c in the second equation giving
5a + 2j + .1(120 - a - j) = 120
simplify
4.9a + 1.9j = 108
from here it is trial and error, start with 1 for "a" and progress until you get a whole number answer for "j", this occurs for a = 17 with j = 13. Solve the first equation for "c" and you have the complete answer.
2006-11-20 14:35:38 · answer #1 · answered by mattressking 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hawaii-17 Notre Dame-21
2016-05-22 03:39:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋