Question

At the movie theater child admission is $5.20 and adult admission is $8.40.on Sunday 153 tickets were sold for a total sales of $1013.20.how many child tickets were sold that day

Answer 1

Let x be the number of children and t, the number of adults.

 x + y =153
5.2x + 8.4y = 1013.2


Solving those equation will give:

x = 85 tickets sold to the kids ( and 68 tickets for adults)