Mrs. Becker is selling tickets to an art exhibit, but she lost the receipts. She knows that she has sold at least 20 tickets. Th

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Mrs. Becker is selling tickets to an art exhibit, but she lost the receipts. She knows that she has sold at least 20 tickets. Th

e adult tickets (x) cost $14 and the children’s tickets (y) cost $12. If she knows she has sold no more than $420 worth of tickets, write a system of inequalities to model the ticket sales.

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LekaFEV [45] · Answer 1 · 2022-03-23T15:57:06+03:00

LekaFEV [45]3 years ago

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Answer:

x+y≥20
14x+12y≤420

Step-by-step explanation:

Variables are defined in the problem statement.

x + y ≥ 20 . . . . . . . . at least 20 tickets were sold

14x +12y ≤ 420 . . . . sales were at most $420