Tickets cost $3 for adults & $5 for kids. On Monday night, 150 tickets were sold & $560 was collected. How much money was collected from kid tickets?

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$3 adults and $5 kids, 150 tickets sold and a total of $560 collected.  These can be represented by:

 

Adults = A and Kids = B => 3A + 5B = 560 and also A + B =150

 

So set A = 150 - B and substitute in the first equation to get 3*(150 - B) + 5B = 560

 

450 - 3B + 5B = 560 => 2B = 560 - 450 => 2B = 110 => B = 55, and therefore A = 95.

 

As such B = 11

 

So the income from Kids tickets is 5*55 = $275.

 

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