Question

Suppose a theater sells adult tickets for a Shakespearean play for $18.00 each, and children's tickets for $10.00 each. The receipts for one evening total $960.00. If 64 tickets were sold, how many were adult tickets?

Answer 1

First, you have to set up a system of equations. You can see all of my work and explanation on the picture attached! The answer is 40 adult tickets. I hope this helped you!! :))