Word problem help!!!

Question

Adult movie tickets are 8.50 and children tickets are 5.50. 197 total tickets were sold totaling 1449.50. How many of each kind was ticket was sold?

Answer 1

The total tickets sold was 197.

 

a + c = 197

 

We need to solve this for a or c. Let's do a.

 

a = 197 - c

 

The total made was $1449.50

 

8.5a + 5.5c = 1499.5

 

Now, substitute 197 - c for a, since they are equal.

 

8.5(197 - c) + 5.5c = 1449.5

 

I bet you can solve for c. Then, substitute that answer for c in the first equation and solve for a.