Answer:1010 adult tickets and 640 child tickets were sold
Step-by-step explanation:
Let x represent the number of adult tickets that were sold.
Let y represent the number of child tickets that were sold.
The total number of tickets sold was 1650. This means that
x + y = 1650
Tickets to a Broadway show cost $35 for adults and $10 for children. The total receipts for 1650 tickets at one performance were $41,750. This means that
35x + 10y = 41750 - - - - - - - - - -1
Substituting x = 1650 - y into equation 1, it becomes
35(1650 - y) + 10y = 41750
57750 - 35y + 10y = 41750
- 35y + 10y = 41750 - 57750
- 25y = - 16000
y = - 16000/-25
y = 640
x = 1650 - y = 1650 - 640
x = 1010
