Adult tickets cost $6, child tickets cost $1. If there were 32 people at a performance and the theater collected $117 from ticket sales, how many children attended?
Have tried and tried, just can't figure this out, could you show how you got the answer too please?
2007-01-21 07:09:01 · 5 answers · asked by silemuirne 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Almost forgot,
Thanks to all for all the help....
2007-01-21 07:23:27 · update #1
make the children have a variable of "c" and the adults have a variable of "a" ....now set up the equation so that:
32(6a+1c)=117
now solve the equation
2007-01-21 07:14:09 · answer #1 · answered by angihorn2006 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
divided $117 by $6 which will give you 19 and the remainder is 13 children. so $117/$6=19, 32-19=13
2007-01-21 07:19:25 · answer #2 · answered by partylitebyterra 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
let the number of tickets be a and c
a+c = 32
6a+1c=117
from the first equation we get
c=32-a
and sub that in to the second equation
6a+32-a=117
5a=85
a=17
and therefore
a+c=32
17+c=32
c=15
2007-01-21 07:16:01 · answer #3 · answered by Glenn T 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
32(6a+1c)=117
2007-01-21 07:26:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-01-21 07:44:26 · answer #5 · answered by wph00 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋