One afternoon the water park sold 525 tickets for a total of $13,545. Child tickets cost $19 each, and adult tickets cost $40 each. How many of each kind of ticket were sold?
One afternoon the water park sold 525 tickets for a total of $13,545. Child tickets cost $19 each, and adult tickets cost $40 each. How many of each kind of ticket were sold?
Answer:
c = 355 ; a = 170
Step-by-step explanation:
c = children
a = adults
c + a = 525
19c + 40a = 13545
19c + 19a = 9975
19c + 40a = 13545
-21a = – 3570
a = 170
c + 170 = 525
c = 355